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February 2003

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News
**Youth Speak Out on Education
**Rages and Rhymes Goes on the Road
**Youth in the House: Party-Y
**Chat the Planet
**Youth Participation: Teen World News
**National TV Academy calls for Entries
**Taos Talking Pictures
**reDefining Media, Finding Your Voice!
**News Channels Losing Young Viewers
**Children Ignored In Media Deregulation
**Youth Document 'Coming Up Taller'

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Upcoming Events
**Stage & Page Spoken Word Workshops
**Raising Our Voices Training Program
**School of Visual Arts' Rebuilding Hope
**Miami Children's Museum Film School
**Been There! Done That! Now What?

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Jobs/Internships
** Write For a Youth Website and Get Paid
** Membership Outreach Coordinator at IFP/New York
** EVC seeks Office Manager/Bookkeeper
** Supervisor Position in Milwaukee
** Web Director in Boulder, Colorado

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Media Tools
**Welcome to the Creative Commons
**Download Free Movies Legally
**Women Make Movies: The Girls' Project
**New Children's Rights Information Pack
**Adbusters: How to Create Your Own Print Ad
**Ads And Kids: How Young Is Too Young?
**How to Analyze the News
**A FREE Book on Advertising
**Media Toolkit for Youth
**Poet-to Poet Reaches Out to Youth Writers
**Find Media Production Guides Online

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Festivals and Contests
**ITVS Open Call 2003
**Generation Wired
**Kids For Kids Festival
**The New Festival
**Locomotion Film Festival
**ITVS Electric Shadows
**Student Media Festival
**Chicago Int'l Children's Film Fest
**Cinemakids 2003
**Youth Produced Video Distribution

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Funding
**A Closer Look: Media Arts 2003
**Funding Sources for Youth Programs
**Playboy Foundation Media Grants
**Film/Video Arts' Internship Program
**Rosie's For All Kids Foundation
**Fundsnet Resources
**Southern Poverty Law Center Grants for Teachers
**Share the Technology
**September 11 Grants
**The Public Welfare Foundation
**New Guide on Funding Sources for Youth Programs
**4-H Council Grants for Youth Leaders

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