Yami Cifuentes, one of the students in our New Economics for Women (NEW), Media Makers Workshop, sets up for a shot in Van Nuys. These young media makers started shooting their projects last week. Yami and her team partner, Jennifer Salas, are shooting a profile of martial arts instructor Alexey Kunin, who teaches a class at the Van Nuys Recreation Center. Jennifer Salas shoots Instructor Kunin's stretching exercises as he gets ready to teach his weekly class. Jennifer and Ya

Meet the Media Makers busy adding their voices to the Great American Narrative. WIL PRADA Title: Filmmaker Employer: Various non-profits Education: UCLA Bachelors in Political Science, Additional Film classes at LA City College Where I’m from: Lima, Peru "...whoever controls the narrative, whoever dictates what messages come out, has a lot of power in shaping public perceptions, policy, and how certain people are perceived by the public." What got me interested in digital

SASSY MOHEN Title: Creative Director Employer: ArdentLife Media How Long: 6 years Education: BFA in Film Production from Chapman University Born in NYC, raised in DC "Never let anyone tell you your idea is too big. The only way to see if you can do something is to try it, fail, learn from your mistakes and then try it again." What got you interested in digital content - or content storytelling as we call it? I've been interested in content storytelling for as long as I can r

We're now working with an amazing group of high school students from the Van Nuys area through a partnership with New Economics for Women. We'll spend the next six weeks working on a short video project - focusing on local storytelling. We'll have more details and hear from the students themselves later on this blog. And at the end of the workshop we look forward to posting their videos.