Marquette – 8-18 Media, the youth journalism bureau of the Upper Peninsula Children’s Museum in Marquette, will offer training for new members for its Marquette and Ishpeming bureaus on Saturday, October 23 at 10 a.m. at the 8-18 Media Bureau in the Children’s Museum. Training will last until 2 p.m. for participants ages 8 to 13, and until 3 p.m. for ages 14 to 18.
8-18 Media is a youth journalism, empowerment and leadership program. Members work in teams to produce stories on youth-related issues for Marquette Monthly and for radio stations Q107-WMQT and WNMU Public Radio 90. Members choose and research topics, conduct interviews and write the stories.
The Marquette Bureau holds one monthly meeting for all members and schedules work on stories on an appointment basis.
The Ishpeming Bureau meets at 4 p.m. each Tuesday downstairs at the Ishpeming Carnegie Library. Accommodations can be made for children from outlying communities who wish to participate.
The program is free and there is no academic prerequisite to join. Preregistration is strongly encouraged.
For more information or to register, call Dennis Whitley at 226-7874 or 226-3911.
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