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    • Leadership Track240 youth participate in the CTVN Digital Media Leadership Track each year, completing after school apprenticeships at the Youth Media Center and at two Chicago Public Schools, and gaining the opportunity to do more advanced work. This after school program offers the following opportunities for youth leadership and advancement in the arts: Apprentice: Learn basic camera operations, including support and maintenance, and media literacy. Learn the conventional three-phase production cycle (pre-production, production, and post-production). Advanced Apprentice: master camera operations, support and maintenance, and learn sound recording and digital editing. Intern: Works on production team for all 24 episodes of the Hard Cover TV show. Manages strategy and maitenance for the social media channels Executive Producer: Works on independent video productions and mentor other youth as they move up through the program. On-the-job trainees: work with professional filmmakers on video shoots for CTVN’s social enterprise, Video Services. Shoot and high-quality projects for a wide range of clients.  
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Teen Film Selected for Smithsonian’s African-American Film Fest, After Winning at Chicago’s Cine Youth Festival

Watch Welcome To the Peace House here CHICAGO – Community TV Network is honored that its film “Welcome to the Peace House” was chosen to be included at the first-ever Smithsonian Museum’s African-American Film Festival, October 27, 1018, in Washington D.C. The film will be part of the festival called Read more…

By admin, 7 years6 years ago

Hard Cover: The War on Drugs

Young people explore the real-life ramifications of the war on drugs and its connection to the prison pipeline.

By admin, 10 years8 years ago

Anti Chiraq- The Documentary

“Chiraq” is a term that many use to describe Chicago and its gun violence problem, but many native Chicagoans find the term problematic. Find out why in this short documentary.

By admin, 11 years10 years ago

Introducing: Community TV Network!

Produced by students from Loyola University, this video features video instructor Dan Mihail and CTVN students explaining what Community TV Network is all about.

By admin, 11 years6 years ago

Louder Than A Bomb At Prologue: Hard Cover News

Prologue Early College poets in Vedran Residbegovic’s Video Production class offer their perspective on Louder Than A Bomb, the largest youth poetry slam in the nation.

By admin, 11 years8 years ago

Black Owned: A Documentary About Small Business and Community

The Youth Visions at Chatham Academy After School Matters program created a documentary about the black-owned businesses on 75th street in Chicago.Featured businesses include Soul Vegetarian Restaurant, Brown Sugar Bakery, Authentic Cooking Catering and KMT Health Food Stores.

By admin, 11 years6 years ago

Local Residents and Businesses Weigh In On ‘the 606’ in Hard Cover Segment

Residents and local business owners express excitement, hope as well as uncertainty in a recent segment on the Bloomingdale Trail, produced by Humboldt Park-based Community TV Network (CTVN)’s award-winning show, Hard Cover. Dubbed “The 606”, the Bloomingdale Trail is a project over a decade in the making, designed to add Read more…

By admin, 12 years11 years ago

Documentary: Youth and Music in Chi City

Youth produced short documentary about about teenagers trying to break into the music industry.

By admin, 12 years11 years ago

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