Alaska Teen Media Institute

02/12/2025

An opportunity for up and coming radio and multimedia producers!

The Next Generation Radio Project is a week-long digital journalism training project designed to give competitively selected participants, who are interested in radio and journalism, the skills and opportunity to report and produce their own multimedia story. Those chosen for the project are paired

02/07/2025

Our February radio show is up on our website for your ears to hear!

Featuring an interview with ADN photographer Marc Lester, a profile of one of Alaska's sassiest mayors, a chat with one of our senior producers about his new music project, an inside look at one of the films from our annual youth film screening, and much more!

[From left AJ Yambao, Jordan Kehl, Elle Engel, Logan Ehrhart, Onyx Thomas, Kendrick Whiteman, Eli Rucksdashel, and that’s Taylor Heckart in the front.] Hosts: Jordan Kehl and AJ Yambao News: …

02/07/2025

With access to 🤖 AI and 🗳 political change, there are a lot of misleading images and posts out there.

Alaska Teen Media Institute's "Wait A Minute!?" News Literacy program encourages civil discourse and a news-savvy community. Check out our page for resources on how to spot misinformation, where to find fact-checks of current trending topics, and learn how to get involved or learn more about news literacy right here in Alaska!

A Project to Encourage Civil Discourse and a News-Savvy Community “Wait a minute?!” is about the moment when you stop yourself to be skeptical of the information you just heard. “…

02/05/2025

Love Sports? 🏈 Love information? 📝 Not sure how sports and investigative journalism may meet? 📰 Tomorrow morning NewsLit.org presents a webinar on just that.

Hard hits, hidden truths: How investigative journalism tackled the NFL’s concussion problem, features a discussion with investigative reporter Jeanne Marie Laskas on her reporting on the issue, despite pushback from the National Football League, and the watchdog role investigative journalists play in uncovering wrongdoing by powerful organizations, people, and government.

Today, most of us know that a professional football player can sustain potentially devastating brain injuries after years of repeated high-impact collisions with other players. That awareness is due in large part to the reporting of investigative journalist Jeanne Marie Laskas, whose 2009 GQ magazin...

02/04/2025

It's National News Literacy Week! One of the first things you can do when you come across information that shocks you online is ask, "Is this legit?"

NewsLit.org gives five steps to help answer this question:

1. Do a quick search
2. Look for standards
3. Check for transparency
4. Examine how errors are handled
5. Assess news coverage

Learn more specifics about these steps at NewsLit.org

Many sources compete for attention online, including partisan blogs and bogus sites posing as legitimate news organizations. It can be tough to know what information to trust. So what does “credibility” look like, and how can you recognize it?

02/02/2025

Tune in today Sat. Feb. 1 from 4-5 p.m. on KNBA 90.3 FM

01/06/2025

Our first "In Other News" radio show of the year is up on our website! Featuring some highlights from our 2024 work, Jordan and Kaylee running back their top music of the year, events from Michael, news from Rhys, and more!

[From left: Logan Ehrhart, Taylor Heckart, Kaylee LaTocha, Rhys James, Jordan Kehl, AJ Yambao, and Michael Huner] For the our first radio show of 2025 we’re taking a look back on some of our …

12/21/2024

We love hearing about former ATMI member, Quinn White's adventures at Alaska's News Source! Congrats on the new gig Quinn! We are so happy you are back home.

12/10/2024

Our December radio show is up on our website. Featuring interviews with filmmakers Adam Boyer, Matt Jardin, Steven Cornfield, Matt Farren, and Tina Carbone, all of whom have films playing in the Anchorage International Film Festival!

[From left: Logan Ehrhart, Kaylee LaTocha, Matt Farren, Tina Carbone, Adam Boyer, Matt Jardin, Steven Cornfield, Taylor Heckart, Michael Hunter, and John Kendall] Hosts: Taylor Heckart and Kaylee L…

12/07/2024

Tune in to our radio shows the first Saturday of each month! Today we feature interviews with filmmakers featured as part of !

12/04/2024

Announcing the lineup for After School Special - Alaska Youth Film Screening, our event with the Anchorage International Film Festival!!!

Forbidden Trails #32 by Liam Collins
A Modern Confrontation by Ormund Alaois
Aerochrome Summer by Joseph Hansen
Numb Little Bug by Evy Coy
Drift Away by Robert Myers
Out of Breath by Charlie Groat
Aboard The Dark Heart by Nina Richotte
AFN; A Film by Mo Spooner
Good Health by KJ Schneider
Cowboy by Bleron Imeri
Spark by Rhys James
Wrong Move by Glennesha Carl
The BriefChase by Jordan Alcorn
The Drive by Amelia Williams
Where Do We Go by Kade Kompkoff
Culture Camp 2024 by Lisa Kookesh-Booth
Good Neighbor by Julia Samuel
The Walk by Robert Marshall
White Shoes by Sally Peters
After Party by Kailee Trotter, KJ Schneider, Rakel Nevzoroff

12/04/2024

It's once again time for holiday gifts!

11/18/2024

We've extended the deadline for After School Special to next Monday, November 25th.

Youth filmmakers of Alaska can find more info and submit their 2024 short films here: https://alaskateenmedia.org/afterschoolspecial/

Also, the Anchorage International Film Festival schedule is out. Our screening will be on December 12th from 4:30pm to 6:30pm at the Anchorage Museum theater. More details soon!

11/12/2024

Mention Spirit of Youth while shopping or donating at FashionPact and Spirit of Youth programs, including ATMI, will receive a portion of the proceeds!

11/07/2024

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Alaska Teen Media Institute provides teens with the tools and training needed to produce stories and with the opportunity for their stories – told in their own voices – to be shared through a variety of media. ATMI believes the teen perspective is valuable and is under-represented.

10/25/2024

In the latest episode of our podcast Zoom Room, ATMI producer AJ Yambao speaks with local singer/songwriter Emma Hill! She talks about the Anchorage music scene, mental health advocacy through songwriting, and the future of the Spenard Song Circles.

Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4dYVfQl

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/4heRx81

Audible: https://adbl.co/4eRU7iH

More links to listen: https://bit.ly/4fgkeiS

10/25/2024

Our team enjoyed helping to produce a non-partisan candidate forum for U.S. House in collaboration with Anchorage Youth Vote! Thanks for including us Youth Vote!