SYN Media is on the hunt for five outstanding young Australians to lead a new national media platform, from their home towns and with the support of SYN.
SYN General Manager Tahlia Azaria said: “This transformative project will form Australia’s first ever national media service produced and presented entirely by young people. The young people we’re looking for may already be involved in their community and have demonstrated significant potential to be a leader. They may be already interested in media making, they may be the school captain, an outstanding musician or the next Hamish and Andy. We’re casting the net wide. Our experience shows us there are young people out there who want to lead their own media initiatives, they just haven’t been given the opportunity.”
“This project will give us the chance to experiment with new technologies, and we expect to see the national media conversation evolve as a result with more young people taking control of the airwaves. This is the kind of initiative that will have long-term flow on effects to the wider community broadcasting sector, along with commercial and public broadcasting as more young people pursue careers in the media industry.
Information on applying for the Young Media Leaders program is here and closes on December 1st.
The Young Media Leaders will each be supported by an industry mentor to develop a strategy and business case to set up their Media Hub, and will source local partners to cement the initiative beyond the first year to ensure young people continue to have access to local media making opportunities. Information on applying to be a mentor is here with applications closing on November 27th.
The project is set to kick off in early 2014 and is being delivered with the support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation and the Telstra Foundation.