Iona and Cara spent the past week with us on a work experience placement where they researched and produced a short drama about depression and mental ill health in young people. Check out their fantastic short film, “Thoughts” above, and … Continued
Young aural historian, Pepper, interviews Janet, a local Thankerton resident. Media Education is currently providing audio and film training to the Thankerton Memories Project. Young people from the village have been interviewing older residents about growing up in the village … Continued
This month, our ImMEDIAte NEWS project is featured in the Arts round-up of October’s issue 168 of Children in Scotland magazine. The article describes how Stella, aged 11, from Dalry Primary School took part in the project by making a … Continued
We’re excited to share our new article in September’s Children in Scotland magazine, Issue 167. Iain Shaw from Media Education writes about digital and visual literacy and how digital media can be used for youth engagement. Iain writes from his direct … Continued
Children from P2 and P7 are working together to make a film celebrating Dunbar’s fishing heritage as part of the “Big Generation Catch” project by Strive Wellbeing. We’ve been having a great time the last couple of weeks working with … Continued
Last night we had a wee get together in “the space”, to launch our new project imMEDIAte NEWS, giving a platform for people in the community to have their say. Over a month Media Education has been going out to people … Continued
We’re excited to once again be working as part of the Scottish Young Carers Festival. We’ve just completed our yearly Radio Training Residential where we teach the SYCF radio team the skills they need to be radio presenters for the … Continued