Drop That Knowledge Youth Radio Stories [Hardcover]

This is the first book to take us inside Youth Radio for a fascinating, behind-the-scenes look at a unique, Peabody Award-winning organization that produces distinctive content for outlets from National Public Radio to YouTube. Young people come to Youth Radio, headquartered in Oakland, California, from under-resourced public schools and neighborhoods in order to produce media that will transform both their own lives and the world around them.Drop That Knowledgeweaves their compelling personal stories into a fresh framework for understanding the relationship between media, learning, and youth culture at a moment when all three spheres are undergoing dramatic change. The book emphasizes what is innovative and exciting in youth culture and offers concrete strategies for engaging and collaborating with diverse groups of young people on real-world initiatives in a range of settings, online and in real life.

Elisabeth Soep is Research Director and Senior Producer at Youth Radio. She is coeditor ofYouthscapes: The Popular, The National, and The Global.Vivian Ch?vez is Assistant Professor of Health Education at San Francisco State University and coeditor ofPrevention is Primary: Strategies for Community Well Being.

Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments

Introduction: Unbury the Lede

1. Converged Literacy
2. Collegial Pedagogy
3. Point of Voice
4. Drop That Knowledge
5. Alumni Lives

Epilogue

Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Drop That Knowledgeis a profound contribution to our understanding of contemporary youth. The authors craft an elegant and energetic narrative that is incisive and inspiring. This is an important work!Sam M. Intrator, Smith College, co-director of Project Coach

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