Youth Noise Network

Next Generation Durham Project

2008-06-08T11:14:00.001-07:00

The Next Generation Durham Project is a series of audio reflections about Durham’s growth and development from a teen perspective. We felt it was important to explore how Durham is changing because as future leaders we are the ones who will have to deal with both the positive and negative ramifications of decisions made today about Durham’s growth and development.

Over the course of the 2007/2008 academic year we met with community members who share our interest in Durham’s development. We talked to bloggers, environmentalists, community activists, city councilors, and private and community developers. We looked at how the local press has been covering the issue and watched documentaries about development to get a sense of how other communities have dealt with issues like gentrification and displacement.

We’ve created a series of audio reflections in the form of song, poem and documentary about where Durham’s been and where we might be headed. The work talks about where Durham has been, where it's headed and what we want to see included in the discussion about how Durham should develop. This work originally aired on WXDU 88.7 FM

We’d like to thank everyone who agreed to be interviewed for the project and the guest speakers who helped us learn about development in Durham.

This project would not have been possible without the support of The City of Durham and The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University.

Please take a listen and let us know what you think of the work.

Quality Products Quality People by Anya Sippen

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My name is Anya Hope Sippen. I've been studying audio production for several years with Youth Noise Network. "Quality Products, Quality People" is definitely one of my favorite pieces of the small collection I've produced. The piece is a poem that touches on a couple of different topics surrounding development in Durham.
It talks specifically about the impact urban renewal and the construction of Highway 147 had on the Hayti neighborhood, an African-American community located just south of downtown Durham. The piece also talks about the struggles faced by businesses on Parrish Street, known as "Black Wall Street" for its role as the heart of African-American commerce throughout the South East.

The title of the piece comes from an old sign that used to hang over the old tobacco warehouses downtown. It was a pretty big shock to me when developers tore the historic landmark down in the process of turning the warehouses into loft apartments. I was inspired to write a poem and then alter make this piece. I hope you enjoy it!

Supporting Local Business by Martin Krzywy

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My name is Martin Krzywy. I joined YNN last October, and am a rising freshman at Riverside High School. Before I joined, I attended the “Speak Up and Make Some Noise” workshop on audio documentaries. I decided to join YNN because I was interested in finding a new media in which to express myself. This piece, the first of many I hope to create during my time at YNN, deals with the subject of local businesses and chain stores. It tells of my experience growing up with local businesses in Durham, as well as my personal opinion and the story behind my featured interviews with Tom Campbell of the Regulator Bookshop and Paul McKenna of Offbeat Music. I was inspired to produce this piece because I feel that local businesses are one of few things that retain a community’s unique character in a prepackaged world; and by supporting these entrepreneurs, we keep our money in our area and help our city and state.

On the day that I broadcasted my piece, I also had the chance to interview Frank Hyman, a former City Council member and owner of landscaping/design/build company Cottage Garden Landscaping. He talked about his own experience with local businesses, including how he worked to help them while on City Council, as well as the great benefits that come from shopping at local businesses.

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Garrett Farms by Cameron DuBois

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My name is Cameron DuBois, and I am fifteen years old. I live in Southwest Durham, and during this past year the area surrounding my neighborhood has been dramatically changed by development; new subdivisions are popping up everywhere. One place that is being lost during this change is the historic Garrett farmhouse, which has been standing for almost eighty years. The house and the land around it are soon to be replaced by a 300-unit apartment complex.

A group of neighborhood people organized to fight the development, and I wanted to find out about them, and how they were going about it. I interviewed Claire Jentsch, one of the founders of the group, to find out about her views and about the effects that this new complex would have on our area. We discussed the plans for development and the negative impact she thought that the new apartments would have on nearby communities, as well as planning and development in Durham overall.

Sounds of Durham by Josiah Sage

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My name is Josiah Sage. I am a graduating senior at Durham School of the Arts. I plan to attend Winthrop University and get a BA in both music and communications.

I have been in YNN for only one year. This piece is my part of the Next Generation Durham Project. The goal of the project is to show how Durham is developing through a radio piece. I chose to make a beat using sounds that I collected throughout downtown Durham. The beat consists of 4 different parts which is meant to show the diversity of downtown Durham. The sounds are laid under the beat to create what I am calling “Developmental Music”. I encourage you to listen to it all and please give me feedback.

Impact of Development on the Environment by Kiah Green

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My name is Kiah Green and I am Durham, NC born and raised. At age 17, I am a junior-almost-senior at Hillside High School, as well as a producer for the Youth Noise Network. I love art, music, writing, and all things creative, and I confess to being something of a tech geek. Even though art and technology are a huge part of my life, I can’t ever lose passion for the things I loved as a kid, before I learned the joys of guitars, expensive markers, and pushing buttons: nature and animals. I wrote and recorded my Next Generation Durham piece on the environment with that sentiment in mind, going back to the way I thought of South Point Mall’s construction when it happened and combining that view with a(n) (un)healthy dosage of my personality. The result was a playful audio fairytale, minus the happy ending.

I also did a show about the impact of development on the environment.

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Thanks for listening!

Durham Skateboarding by Che Nembhard

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Hey my name is William Che Nembhard, but my friends and acquaintances just call me Che. I am 16 years old and attend Jordan High School. I am an avid skateboarder, and a music and sneaker lover. I’ve been doing YNN since January-ish and I like it lot and am proud to be a part of the program.

I chose to do a peace on BULL CITY (Durham) skateboarding because the true voice of the average skater has gone unheard in Durham. The piece, just like the average skater, is hectic and slightly abstract, but I wouldn't rather have it any other way. I’m proud of it and I hope you enjoy it too ;).

Youth Noise Network Celebrates Successful Year!

2008-06-08T09:30:00.000-07:00

Come join the Youth Noise Network in celebrating a successful year and the completion of the Next Generation Durham Project, the WD Hill Broadcasting Project and the Durham School of the Arts Audio Review Project.

Listen to a selection of Youth Noise Network audio pieces followed by a reception.

Everyone is welcome!

Wednesday, June 11th
6:30-8:00pm
Center of Documentary Studies | Auditorium
1317 W. Pettigrew St.
Durham, NC 27701
directions: http://cds.aas.duke.edu/about/here.html

For more information please contact Tennessee Watson. 919.660.3696 | tjwatson@duke.edu

Hope to see you there!

Best,
Tennessee Watson and the Youth Noise Network Crew

A RADIO WORKSHOP FOR DURHAM TEENS

2007-08-30T20:02:00.000-07:00

Speak Up and Make Some Noise: A Radio Workshop for Durham Teens
September 29, 2007 (Section 1)
October 6, 2007 (Section 2)

Get involved—Speak Up and Make Some Noise

The Center for Documentary Studies and Youth Noise Network present an intensive one-day immersion into documentary storytelling and radio production. This workshop is offered exclusively for teenagers (ages 13–18) living in Durham County.

This workshop is mandatory for teens applying to participate in YNN. If you aren't interested in joining YNN, you are still welcome to apply to attend the workshop.

You'll learn hands-on skills in recording and digital audio editing; practice the art of storytelling; discuss why it's important for teens to make media; and produce a short audio piece with teens from all over Durham.

Recording equipment, computers, and editing software will be provided. No experience in audio production is required. All you need to bring is your lunch.

The workshop will be facilitated by Tennessee Watson, Youth Noise Network Coordinator; and Kim Arrington, Durham-based poet and educator.

DEADLINE: Apply by September 14, 2007

DOWNLOAD APPLICATION at http://cds.aas.duke.edu/audio/ynn.html

Section 1
Date: Saturday, September 29, 2007
9 a.m.–5 p.m.
Course fee: $25

Section 2
Date: Saturday, October 6, 2007
9 a.m.–5 p.m.
Course fee: $25

Partial and full scholarships are available. See the application form for details.

For more information contact:
Tennessee Watson, Youth Noise Network coordinator
919-660-3696 / tjwatson@duke.edu

YNN Summer Broadcast Schedule

2007-06-13T19:03:00.000-07:00

Youth Noise Network will be broadcasting this summer every Sunday from 2-3pm.
Tune into WXDU 88.7 FM or stream on the web at www.wxdu.org
Check out the schedule below to hear your favorite YNN DJs:

June 17: Manny, Swati, AJ , Kiah

June 24: Lena

July 1: Manny, Lena, Mya, Kiah

July 8: Lena, Anya, Swati

July 15: Lena, Mya, Kiah

July 22: Lena, AJ

July 29: Anya, Mya, Kiah

August 5: Lena, Manny, Mya

August 12: Manny, Swati, Kiah

August 19: Anya, Swati

August 26: Anya, Swati

Passionate Citizens Pieces

2007-04-19T13:54:00.000-07:00

Youth Noise Network is proud to present our Passionate Citizens pieces from our project earlier in the year. You can click to listen, or even download the mp3s to your computer if you click on them.
Enjoy!

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Podcast!

2007-02-22T14:42:00.001-08:00

The Youth Noise Network podcast is officially up and running. Listen to any of our past radio show broadcasts from this year, courtesy of Duke University's DukeCast.

CHECK IT OUT!
http://dukecast.oit.duke.edu/albums/show/251

YNN on WXDU

2007-02-12T18:41:00.000-08:00

Youth Noise Network is now back on WXDU Durham 88.7 every Sunday from 2-3pm.
Tune in the old fashioned way, or stream the show at www.wxdu.org.
Every other Sunday we'll be bringing you top notch audio documentaries about public affairs, arts and culture from a teen perspective. The remaining Sundays we'll bring you the best in youth made music, read from our eclectic youth events calendar, and expose you to teen perspectives on issues covered in the local media.
Tune In. And remember to Speak Up And Make Some Noise.

passionate premiere

2006-12-09T21:39:00.000-08:00

To the Youth Noise Networkers:

This is the third year in which I've had the honor of working as a work-study student with the Youth Noise Network crew. And geez, I don't think I've ever been so blown away and deeply impressed by you all. I've heard some amazing pieces from YNN in the past, but I think seeing and hearing your work today was definitely something new and something special.

I am kind of amused when I think about what I'm saying, because I remember the beginning of last year when the whole PCP was introduced, and I was definitely just as skeptical as all of you were about the prospect of doing an intense and serious work that had to fit someone else's guidelines. But I have to admit that some of what was successful about today's premiere had to do with those grant guidelines. The idea of focus, having a theme, being more rigorous, gathering people and actually presenting to a live audience (as opposed to broadcasting to an anonymous crowd over the radio) all had a lot to do with the impact of your pieces as a cohesive whole.

But all of that stuff aside, what made me really smile was the fact that even given these elements, you guys still found a way to make it your own. From Manny and Anya's awesome introduction to the humorous spins and the personal perspectives you put in your pieces, the little bit of satirical wit reminds us of the presumptuous tendency of some of this stuff. Bring it back down to earth. Remind us that even these "passionate citizens" are just people. Go ahead and admit your own fear of your interviewee. You're people too.

Hopefully you got a sense of the impact of what you do from some of the audience's feedback. I think that's a really important element to your empowerment and the realization that this is about community and "civic engagement" and things that are larger than yourselves even though it is also very much about yourselves and your perspectives.

Ultimately, I don't want to say that I am "proud" of you all because that's a probably too patronizing for what little I contributed. But I am definitely really amazed, and I am thrilled to be working with you.

cheesecake

2006-10-26T23:53:00.000-07:00

we got it.

Kicked out of night club...

2006-10-26T22:50:00.000-07:00

and the Third Coast/PRX party, YNN resorts to some craaaaaazy antics in room 405 of the swanky Hotel Orrington. Which we were also kicked out of because we got a little too loud. But it was fun while it lasted. Right now, we are attempting to order ice cream from room service, but it sounds like all there is is cheesecake. It will be here in half an hour. Now, we are going on a barefoot scavenger hunt for some unsuspecting youth groups in hopes that we can get our own party started. (Posted by Lena, Adrian, Erick, Mya, and Maria from the luverly little town of Evanston, IL...which is not really Chicago, but what are you gonna do? Did you know, that the cool place to be at midnight on Thursday in E-town is...BURGER KING?)

YNN pride

2006-10-23T10:46:00.000-07:00

I got the fancy haircut to represent YNN in style at the Third Coast Audio Festival.

p.s. those are sound waves in case you're not total audio geeks like we are.

Third Coast

2006-10-16T18:02:00.000-07:00

Youth Noise Network has been awarded a generous scholarship to attend the Third Coast International Audio Festival, October 25-27, 2006. We are one of a handful of youth radio projects selected for this honor. In attendance will be Erick Villeda, Mya Hunter, Lena Eckert-Erdheim and Adrian Boyes along with YNN coordinators Tennessee Watson and Maria Francesca Braganza.

Mya Hunter and Lena Eckert-Edrheim will be presenting their work during the "Teens with Mics" break out session. We are very proud of them and excited to hear what they have to say.

So on October 25 we're headed to Evanston, Illinois. We're going to learn a ton and have lots of good stuff to share when we get back to Durham.

Passionate Citizens

2006-10-16T17:28:00.000-07:00

Youth Noise Network doesn't post much because we are constantly working so hard. But we are going to try harder to be active bloggers in the future.

Right now we are in the midst of the Passionate Citizens project--a documentary audio and photography exploration of civic engagement in Durham, North Carolina. That means Lena, Manny, Swati, Mya, Erick, Adrian, Liliana, Anya and Kiah are all working on 5 minute profiles on civically engaged Durham community members. The final pieces will be compiled along with photographs and written reflections about the project onto a DVD to be distributed to local high school civics and social studies classes.

We will unveil the pieces on Saturday December 9th, 2006 at 10:30am at the Center for Documentary Studies.

Come check us out!

Young Drivers

2006-10-16T16:00:00.000-07:00

Emmanuel Watson: Young Drivers

In Durham, North Carolina, like elsewhere around the country, teens get into accidents which often result in fatalities.

Roll on a journey with Riverside High School junior Emmanuel Watson as he talks to brand new drivers. They tell him what they learned in drivers' ed, how their parents feel about them driving, stereotypes of teen drivers, and what are the main problems with teens driving.

Everybody has something to say about this, including a member of law enforcement, a drivers' ed teacher, and parents of teen drivers, including his own mother, who tells Emmanuel, "I'm going to have faith that you can drive."

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The Progressive

2006-10-16T15:59:00.000-07:00

Lena Eckert-Erdheim: The Progressive

A high school student in Durham, North Carolina publishes an anonymous lefty newsletter and scatters them around his school. Rumors abound, but does "The Progressive" actually have an affect on his peers?

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The Freshman Cycle

2006-10-16T15:57:00.000-07:00

Mya Hunter: The Freshman Cycle

Youth Noise Network reporter, Mya, talks to two high school students about dating, sex, love, and the controversy of upperclassmen getting with freshmen.

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Jordan Marching Band

2006-10-16T15:55:00.000-07:00

Swati Rayasam: The Inner Workings of a High School Marching Band

Ever since I was little I've always dreamed of being in marching band. Being at a competition and hearing them announce, "Now on the field. C.E. Jordan High School Marching Falcons. Director, David Robinson." Under all the lights, the stadium being packed, people cheering for you. It's always been a big dream of mine. Not your usual dream, I know. But, I'm not your usual person. Finally I get to be IN the band instead of watching it.

This piece goes into the "inner workings" of the Jordan Marching Falcons. You learn alot about what everyone does and what the "legendary" band camp is all about. Jordan is one of the few real marching bands left from the DCI days. They haven't become Show Style and given up on trying to win just with the marching and music, relying on their colorguards and props to get first place. The only props you'll see with this marching band are the flags, rifles, and sabers. That's why I'm disappointed that lately, the judges have started to just judge on props, and that's not cool.

Interviewed in this piece are two marchers, a colorguard, and our well-known band director. It rids (I hope) marching band of all, or at least most, sterotypes produced by television or movies. Enjoy!

This Piece is Dedicated to Mr. David Robinson who is leaving Jordan after 20 years. We Love You DR!

Vocab for Non-Geeks like myself

DCI- Relies on marching skills to win competitions
Show Style-Relies on props to win competitions
Guard- The girls (and sometimes boys) who do the dancing part of the marching show while the band plays
Rifles(guns) Sabers(swords)Flags(flags)-Three basic things the guard uses
Drum Majors- The students who conduct the band while they are marching

Music-"Escapade" Performed by Jordan High School Marching Falcons 2003

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Jon LeSeur

2006-10-16T15:54:00.000-07:00

JLA

2006-10-16T15:53:00.000-07:00

Aaron Garcia: JLA

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Flea Market

2006-10-16T15:52:00.000-07:00

Laura & Gabbi: Flea Market

This piece was created when Laura and Gabbi ventured through their local flea market in Raleigh, North Carolina. They fished through the goods offered by many different vendors and found both treasures and trash. They were at times successful exercising their flea market skills of bargaining and hunting for the right item at the right price!

You'll hear what can and cannot be found on a typical saturday morning at the local flea market.

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Fish

2006-10-16T15:50:00.000-07:00

Maria Francesca Braganza: Fish
youth noise network goes dumpster diving at duke university after the college kids have gone home for the summer.

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Condoms

2006-10-16T15:48:00.000-07:00

Youth Noise Network reporters Erick Villeda and Adrian Boyes hit up the Duke Universtiy campus in Durham, North Carolina to find out what folks think about handing condoms out to teenagers in school.

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Durham Love Yourself

2006-10-16T15:43:00.000-07:00

Adrian Boyes: Durham Love Yourself

Cruising around Durham, North Carolina you can't miss the 'Durham Love Yourself' bumper stickers stuck everyone--on cars, bikes, the backs of street signs . . . . But why does Durham need to love itself? And who made the bumper stickers? Adrian Boyes solves the mystery.

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Prom

2006-10-16T15:30:00.000-07:00

Youth Noise Network's Adrian and Manny travel to the Durham School of the Arts and Riverside High School 2006 Prom to talk to students about everything from prom fashion to post dance festivites.

Listen to the piece:

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tennessee in action

2006-09-18T15:14:00.000-07:00

looking engaged with the youth. yahhhhh!

what up peeps!?

2006-09-18T15:01:00.000-07:00

Holla from D-Town! .
YNN ROCKS MY SOCKS
is there anything (but adrian does not wear socks.)
yo lena why you trying to tell everyone all about me, yall dont know me. oy, gurl. yes i do. since you were TWELVE!!!
What ever man? Yo Surfing is awsome. (this is the requisite dadaist post. just get that out of the way. back to socks)
Dude cool ppl like me dont need your socks, they confine my feet. And feet arae teh gateway to da soul.

WORD TO YOUR MOTHER and your grammama (c)

so...

2006-09-11T15:23:00.000-07:00

i'm currently hostage in CDS building and they're forcing me to do this crazy thing that they call.."blogging" its rather wierd. these humans are so complicated.

back in the day

2006-09-04T14:20:00.000-07:00

here are some random photos from 2 years ago just to spice this page up :)

i don't have much to say right now

2006-09-04T14:08:00.000-07:00

hi world.

welcome

2006-01-27T15:04:00.000-08:00

helloooo!!!!
welcome to our blog.
this is youth noise network... yay