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Community Productions and Youth team up to film SPPS graduations

Thu, 06/14/2012 - 4:00pm

Youth and Community Productions crew with the SPNN truck.Each spring in St. Paul, thousands of young people participate in a tradition that marks their passage into adulthood and celebrates the successful completion of their secondary educations- graduation. Many walk across the stage of the Roy

Set It Up celebrates with a picnic

Tue, 06/12/2012 - 12:34pm

The Set It Up crew recently celebrated a successful year of fun and great teen-produced tv with an afternoon picnic at Indian Mounds park. The eight teen producers, along with SPNN Youth staff, volunteers, and friends grilled burgers, played board games, took group photos, kicked a soccer ball around, hung out with Kevin’s dog, and enjoyed one another’s company as the school year came

Youth Action Committee wraps up a great year

Mon, 06/11/2012 - 12:01pm

Members of the YAC with Kevin Kall and Joua Lee.The Youth Action Committee (YAC) held their last meeting of the 2011-12 school-year at SPNN at the end of May. At this meeting, the group bonded over a great year of creative projects, film and video festivals, hard work and friendship.

CTEP enjoys a country retreat

Thu, 06/07/2012 - 3:23pm
Throughout the CTEP program year, members participate in two retreats-one in the Fall and one in the Spring. For our CTEP's Spring overnight retreat we headed to the fresh outdoors! Member carpooled from the Twin Cities Metro area and arrived at Philadelphia Farms, located in beautiful Osceola, WI on June 1st.

Learn how to market your project at SPNN

Tue, 06/05/2012 - 3:38pm

If you’re an Access producer, you know how much work creating your show can be. But once you’ve finally completed your program and turned it in to SPNN, you’re faced with another question- how can you make sure anyone tunes in? There are many inexpensive ways to market your projects, but how can you maximize their potential?

SPNN Youth receives Youthprise grant

Wed, 05/30/2012 - 10:34am
Youthprise logo

We are pleased to announce that SPNN Youth has received a $20,000 grant from Youthprise, to continue our award winning out-of-school time media programs for youth. Youthprise awarded 101 grants totaling $2.1 million to Twin Cities’ organizations serving youth for out-of-school time programming.

Public Service Announcement Workshop at Dayton's Bluff Library

Thu, 05/24/2012 - 4:21pm
Peer Mentor Ari with youth at Dayton's Bluff Library.
The SPNN Youth Open Lab held another workshop on Friday, May 11th, 2012. This month's workshop focused on Public Service Announcements and was held at Dayton's Bluff Library. A SPNN staff member and a peer mentor led this two-hour workshop on what a PSA is, what issues they explore, and how to make one.

SPNN Youth Featured in .EDU Film Fest 2012

Thu, 05/24/2012 - 3:30pm
On May 18th, SPNN Youth hit the road and crossed the cities to attend the 2012 .EDU Film Fest at St. Anthony Main Theater in Minneapolis. Two pieces produced at SPNN screened at the festival, which is the only school-sponsored, statewide, student film festival in the state of Minnesota. Three producers from SPNN Youth had work represented in the festival, two of which were from the first episode of this season of Set It Up...

Get the word out in our Grassroots Marketing Workshop

Tue, 05/15/2012 - 5:48pm

After spending countless hours planning, producing, and editing your project you want everyone in the world to see your production, right?  All you have to do is turn it in to SPNN and all 55,000 subscribers will naturally tune in and watch. Well, not quite- marketing your program also takes work.  It is a continual process of getting the word out to your family, friends, and supporters that your show is on, when it is on, and how they can watch it. 

SPNN celebrates our partners and members at Annual Meeting

Tue, 05/15/2012 - 3:59pm
A group of Bi-Cities! producers smile.Bi-Cities! recieved the Producer of the Year award.

SPNN saluted our community at our Annual Meeting on May 8 at our studios in downtown St. Paul. Each year, we wrap up our fiscal year by giving an update on our progress as a non-profit, and thanking the people who made the year special. This year, we had plenty to be thankful for: a successful financial year; expanded staffing; a new logo, website and newsletter; increased outreach; and new programs, like Doc U and the Market web series. 

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