Alaska Teen Media Institute

The Alaska Teen Media Institute (ATMI) is a nonprofit organization in Anchorage, Alaska under the umbrella of the Spirit of Youth organization. ATMI produced its first radio stories in 2003, under the direction of its first director/founder Shana Sheehy. Rosey Robards is the current director of ATMI, which has a volunteer staff of Anchorage-area teens. The teens learn journalism and their work is shared through a variety of media outlets.
== "In Other News" ==
ATMI produces an hour-long radio show called "In Other News," which is completely written and produced by the youth members. The show is usually aired on the last Saturday of every month on KNBA 90.3 FM in Anchorage. The show includes news, features and commentaries along with music and events of interest to teens. Past story topics include teen drinking, teen marriage, local music, political comment, dumpster diving, Alaska fashion crisis and more.
ATMI stories have won over 14 Alaska Press Club awards, where teens compete with professional journalists from all over Alaska.
Media skills training
ATMI teens are sometimes contracted to provide media skills training to other teens in Alaska. In the summer of 2007, they collaborated with environmental groups and the University of Alaska Anchorage to host a Summer Institute where Alaska teens learned to produce audio and video public service announcements.
Other Projects
During the summer of 2006, a small subset of involved teens produced a live show called "Hello Summer" in place of the primarily pre-produced "In Other News." "Hello Summer" also included more music and less journalistic content than "In Other News." This show aired in June, July, and August 2006.
In the summer of 2008, three teen reporters spent three days in Denali National Park, where they conducted interviews, gathered sound and photographed the scenery for a blog they produced called, Look! Trees...

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