Alaska Teen Media Institute

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

Get your ATMI merch!

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!

10/19/2024

Thanks to The RIVR for inviting us to cohost this workshop at First Alaskans Institute Elders & Youth Conference! It was so fun! And thanks to Ava White for documenting it!

Organizers of the workshop said they hoped it encouraged participants to think about pursuing music, to increase the number of Alaska Native artists.

10/17/2024

It was an honor to be at First Alaskans Institute Elders & Youth Conference this week among our media production and journalism colleagues! We got to collaborate with Alaska Native Media Group, The RIVR, Alaska Public Media, Indian Country Today, Alaska Press Club and Alaska Native musicians , , and ! We also got to be part of honoring late Alaska Native journalist Nellie Moore. ❤️ Thanks to everyone who welcomed us to the events!

Photos by Angela Gonzalez, Alaska Native Media Group and screenshots!

10/07/2024

After 6 years of pre-recording our radio show, In Other News returned to live broadcasting on Saturday!

If you didn't catch it on KNBA 90.3 FM over the weekend, you can listen on our website. The episode features our chat with SunDog and them playing a song from their new album, music from Emma Hill, and an interview with Planet Money's Jeff Guo and Jess Jiang.

[From left: Ormund Alaois, Kaylee LaTocha, Logan Ehrhart, and Taylor Heckart] Hosts: Ormund Alaois and Taylor Heckart Events: Kaylee LaTocha Board-Op: Logan Ehrhart This month In Other News returne…

10/04/2024

SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN for our annual youth film screening AFTER SCHOOL SPECIAL!!! Presented by us and the Anchorage International Film Festival.

Filmmakers 21 and under from anywhere in the state of Alaska are eligible to enter their work. Films must be no longer than 10 minutes and have been made in 2024.

Submit your film here: https://alaskateenmedia.org/afterschoolspecial/

The deadline for submissions is November 18th at 11:59pm AKST.

The screening will take place during the 24th Anchorage International Film Festival. Event date and time TBD.

Email us at [email protected] with any questions.

10/02/2024

ATMI is looking for
a yeti costume
for a film project!

09/30/2024

In the latest episode of our podcast Zoom Room, we hear from local band SunDog. ATMI producer Kaylee LaTocha spoke with them about their new album "About You," their upcoming tour, and their journey as artists in Alaska.

Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3TPaJyY

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/4eqP2gU

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

More links to listen: https://bit.ly/3N8KTCy

09/21/2024

Many thanks to for having us out to shoot video at their fundraiser tonight. We’re excited to head back to the studio to edit this footage!

09/20/2024

In the latest episode of our podcast Zoom Room, ATMI producer Edison Wallace-Moyer sat down in the studio with Ben Kolendo to talk about his experiences as the student representative on the Mat-Su school board. He spoke about the responsibilities of being a student representative, the conflicts with the school board that led to his role being limited, and the larger story that followed.

Links below to listen!

Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3TWW59d
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3XQNeHh
Audible: https://adbl.co/4d7ce2h
More links to listen: https://bit.ly/4datNyr

09/13/2024

Thanks to for welcoming us to their Community Campaign Kick-off event. Our team is grateful for the support we have received from the community, through United Way, for our ATMI programs!