http://dropthatknowledge.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/what-about-credit-in-collective-intelligence/ A behind-the-scenes look at youth media making...and what we can learn from it. Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:04:40 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://dropthatknowledge.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/what-about-credit-in-collective-intelligence/#comment-891 dropthatknowledge Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:16:13 +0000 http://dropthatknowledge.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/what-about-credit-in-collective-intelligence/#comment-891 We do have those discussions for sure--and as an organization, we have a pretty clear policy that the reporter/commentator is always credited individually by name, along with Youth Radio as the production company behind the project, but not the adult producers. The tricky bit comes when you've got young people serving as producers whose voices never get on the air. If it's for an outlet where we have total control over the whole broadcast, including intro and back announce, we can and do list as many young people as were involved--and we do this as well when we apply for awards. But some of our outlets have their own guidelines for credit, and that's where we will sometimes only get to name the on-air narrators, but still always make sure everyone involved is acknowledged as a contributor and "claims" that credit on their resumes, etc. We do have those discussions for sure–and as an organization, we have a pretty clear policy that the reporter/commentator is always credited individually by name, along with Youth Radio as the production company behind the project, but not the adult producers. The tricky bit comes when you’ve got young people serving as producers whose voices never get on the air. If it’s for an outlet where we have total control over the whole broadcast, including intro and back announce, we can and do list as many young people as were involved–and we do this as well when we apply for awards. But some of our outlets have their own guidelines for credit, and that’s where we will sometimes only get to name the on-air narrators, but still always make sure everyone involved is acknowledged as a contributor and “claims” that credit on their resumes, etc.

]]> http://dropthatknowledge.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/what-about-credit-in-collective-intelligence/#comment-824 Mindy Faber Wed, 04 Jul 2007 23:45:19 +0000 http://dropthatknowledge.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/what-about-credit-in-collective-intelligence/#comment-824 This is such a fascinating topic about credit ing that is worthy of discussion in our field. I also think about how the youth join together to produce a work collectively and credit themselves equitably even though some invest more than others.. Do you ever have discussions with youth after they jointly produce a piece on how to issue credits that are fair and accurate? How public and transparent should these decisions be? Youth media facilitators are often powerful and influential forces in the production of youth media - does that work get credited ? I think Jenkin's idea of collective intelligence is liberating for many reasons particularly if it can allow the idea of multiple authorship to be acknowledged and recognized, rather than disguised. This is such a fascinating topic about credit ing that is worthy of discussion in our field. I also think about how the youth join together to produce a work collectively and credit themselves equitably even though some invest more than others.. Do you ever have discussions with youth after they jointly produce a piece on how to issue credits that are fair and accurate? How public and transparent should these decisions be? Youth media facilitators are often powerful and influential forces in the production of youth media – does that work get credited ? I think Jenkin’s idea of collective intelligence is liberating for many reasons particularly if it can allow the idea of multiple authorship to be acknowledged and recognized, rather than disguised.

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