YNI graduates!

On Friday, August 10 the KFAI celebrated the YNI students at a graduation ceremony, where everyone listened to their radio pieces! Congratulations everyone! Sadly Ayinde couldn't be there because he was on a camping trip.

To here the FINAL PIECES produced by each YNI student, click here!

David McCoy, Week 8: Finally Finale

This week concludes the KFAI Youth News Initiative. My piece, which required me to stay after the past two days is complete, and i feel comfortable with it. I don't know useful this experience will be to my Engineering Major, but it was a fun experience all the same.

Nansi: Week 8

This week was horrible. I didn't even get to finish my piece. Now I have to stay after 12 and finish... not that I hate it here, but my mom has to change her schedule now. I think she is mad at me now. I hope my piece is worth it because I don't think it would take so long. I still have to make my summary too... I have a lot to do and I hope I get it done in the extended time I stay here. But all in all I had fun with Karen because she is epic. Goodbye KFAI.... forever. Karen I will see you when school starts! :) You better sit next to me at lunch. *forever alone* Anyways I was kidding I had lots of fun and will forever remember this experience!..

Ahmad: WeeK 8

This week Is was last and it seemed to also be the busiest around the station. with everyone running around trying to finish up their story's as well as make sure they all sounded good. I finished mine just in time around 11:30 and i am pleased with my story i think it was  was going for a not to stern look at the legal drinking age. I am glad to have finish my story on time and the way i wanted it.

Karen - Week 8 (Last)

This week I finished my radio piece. I kept editing and editing it and now I have 4 versions of my piece. I'm very thankful to Dale, Emily, and my mentor Nekassa for helping me. Oh, and also the technician... sorry I don't know his name, but he helped a lot too. I went around distracting people because sometimes I needed a break from listening to my piece over and over. In the end I'm happy with the results! :)

Satta- Summary

My radio piece is about music, specifically rap and country music, and the stereotypes placed on both. It is very interesting and I got to interview numerous people, each with different takes on the subject. I hope everyone enjoys the piece as much as I had developing it!

Satta- Last Day

Well, today is the last day at the KFAI Youth News Initiative internship. I am working on editing my piece. Overall, I enjoyed the program. The most valuable experience that I will take with me is the editing process, and learning how to do it on Protools!

Ayinde: Week 8

This week I've been re-writing my script and touching up the audio from my interviews. Hopefully I can finish fast enough and still have it sound decent. Tommorrow I will most likley record my narration for my piece.

P.S. Re-writing is hard!

Satta-Week 7

This is the second to last week of the KFAI Youth News Initiative Program. This week I spent alot of time editing my radio piece. I feel this is the week of truth, because it is the week where everything should be coming to play. For me, editing is getting easier the more I use the Protools editing system! I say this, because last week I was a bit frustrated with the editing system. I guess it's true when people say, "everything gets better with practice!"

Nansi: Week 7

I think this week has been very busy for me. I have been doing a lot of editing and have gotten interviews done so far. I am pretty close to finishing since I need to put things together, but I know there are still many things to do. At least I have picked the parts of the interviews that I want to play. I couldn't see my mentor today, so I will see her next week. In the meantime I'll just email her and maybe call her. Hopefully she has gotten someone for an interview, but she's busy so I would understand if she hasn't. I'm glad that Vicki Thorn, founder of NOPARH has some connections and has referred me to John Morales. A man who has gone through the experience, which might just make my story stronger. Overall, this week has been okay, but I feel pressured since time is running out...

Ahmad: Week 7

This week I spent alot of time editing my piece on Photoshop and also going back to get good interviews about my topic. I'm starting to see my piece come together with the help of my mentor, Dale and Emily. I am excited o see the finished project and how it will turn out. I tried to a somewhat boring topic and get youths perspective on the issue as to make the story more interesting. I hope to start getting my story done very soon.

Karen - Week 7

This week we continue to edit our piece. I started recording my voice. I prepared myself for that by practicing with my mentor. She gave me lots of pointers. Emily also helped me. Thanks to you both. However, before I recorded my voice we were having problems. Eventually that was fixed, but during the process of fixing it we saw a bug. Dale killed it with his shoe. :)

YNI is working hard!

The YNI students are working hard editing their radio stories and working on their scripts. Just one more week left!

Ayinde: Week 7

This week I have continued my editing and am reaching the conclusion to my story, but I'm still missing the positive side of stop and frisk. So I hope to get an interview with someone who can help me out with that. Otherwise things are running smoothly for me because I have completed a big chunk of the story and gotten most of my interviews out of the way.

Podcasts from Interviews with the Phillips Neighborhood Mural Project

The interviews the youth did with youth members of the Phillips Neighborhood Mural Project have finally been edited into podcasts! (Check back to the July 3rd post for more info). Click the links below to listen.

Satta & Saleta podcast

Ayinde & Nansi podcast

David & Lani podcast

Karen & Ahmad podcast

David McCoy, Week 6: The MPR Strikes Back

This week at KFAI's Youth News Initiative, we learned the basics of editing in Protools and began work to edit our own interviews. We also visited the Expansive MPR St. Paul headquarters and so how this radio stations operated. This makes our third field trip and completes the triangle of media: TV, Radio, and Newspaper. Finally, we continued editing our pieces while I have sent my story details to be considered by the U of M's Youth Development Department for interviews.

Ayinde: Week 6

This week I've learned more about pro tools and we went on a field trip to MPR. I have continued editing my interviews and better constructing my outline. My piece still needs work, but I am closer to finished than last week.

Nansi: Week 6

This week we had another field trip, but this time it was at the MPR radio station. I liked visiting the place because everything seemed so new. I also didn't know it was in St. Paul... St. Paul must be really cool if the State Capitol, and MPR station is in it. The cubicals made it seem like a classic office type room that made the place look like it is important (I'm not saying that it's not). I think 89.3 was the room (or station. I'm not sure) we visited. We were shown how the playlists and other were used and how twitter and Facebook are where fans request songs and are updated. Later, we saw an old fashioned editing device where a tape was cut? If it was a wrong cut, they needed to fix it with tape. I'm glad that we went to MPR since Toni was so nice. She gave us CD's and "party favors" :)
I'm also glad that I finally interviewed someone. She's only a friend, but she knows people who can give me a professional type of view on the subject. For now, i might just take the recorder home and try to contact Family tree clinic.

Karen - Week 6

This week we went to Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) for a tour. We got to understand more what radio stations do. We also started editing our interviews for our youth pieces. We used protools which I already understood how to use. Right now I think I'm mostly done with editing. This week I also did the promo. That went really fast.

Satta-Editing

This week we visted the offices of Minnesota Public Radio, (MPR). We got a tour of the building and a sense for what they do there. This week I also began editing my interviews. Here at KFAI we use Protools as the main editing tool. It is cool and frustrating learning how to use Protools, but once I get the hang of it things shall be fine! I am excited to hear my final piece, but for now there is more work to be done.