“Pass the Mic” is a youth storytelling and news corps program developed by KVNF in partnership with The North Fork Heart & Soul Project. Over the course of two years, 14 young reporters will be assigned to a “beat” reporting on a North Fork industry. Youth participants will learn the skills of how to produce interviews and stories in a multi-media context, and will be supported in presenting their final projects to the valley.
KVNF’s program director, Ali Lightfoot, is the director of “Pass the Mic”, and will collaborate with local videographers and producers from Delta County Film Collective and Hutman Media to create audio and video reports. The reports will be aired on KVNF, posted here, and a documentary film will be created to tell the stories of the youth involved, and what they experienced through the process.
Seven young reporters were selected to report on 5 sectors of the North Fork Valley economy. You can read about them in their very own words here. The individual posts appear under this program page, and include the Pass the Mic interviews from 2012 in the pagination as well!
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Hearing Hinsdale: An Oral History of Mining was a six-week summer camp that took place in 2013. It was designed to capture the stories of community… -
The youth reporters from the 2013 round of Pass the Mic have produced some entertaining and informative videos. They interviewed members of the community…
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Energy reporter, Eden Clearwater interviews Jeff Tobe about the future of solar energy.
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Pass the Mic's Arts Reporter, Sadie Miller speaks with Annette Pretorius about the Blue Sage Center for the Arts in Paonia.
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Pass the Mic's agriculture reporter, Tao Freeman, interview Mike King - brewmaster and owner of Revolution Brewery in Paonia.
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Pass the Mic's energy reporters, Cristina Rankin and Eden Clearwater, visit with coal miners and share their own opinions about this local industry.
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Healthcare reporter, Noah McDaniel interviews North Fork Ambulance Association EMT, Linda Kiser.
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Listen as Pass the Mic student youth reporters visit the ambulance garage in Paonia and interview volunteer EMTs Linda and Bob Kaiser.“Pass the Mic” is a…
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Listen to youth reporters, Cristina Rankin and Eden Clearwater interviewing local "off the gird" rancher, Todd Harding.“Pass the Mic” is a youth…
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Listen in as youth reporter, Liza Eller, interviews local dancer extraordinaire, Lindsey Ballyhoo as part of the Pass the Mic project.“Pass the Mic” is a…
