Director: A Hansen
Kinetic Films Inc. 1997. $299
Length: Eight videos, 25 minutes each
Audience: Teachers, Community Groups, Organizations, Journalism Courses
Topics: ethics, censorship, minorities/racism, news/journalism, newspapers, politics, production, radio, television
Gaining a Voice teaches people how to get media coverage for their community events. This eight part series on media relations is ideal for journalism classes to help students understand the news process from the subjects' perspective. This series on media relations comprises of eight titles: The Media and Us, The News Rooms, The News Story, The Media Campaign, Contacting the Media, Targeting Your Audience, The Interview, and Taking Control. The package also contains an informative user's guide, which includes case study sections on the media, reaching the community, working with the mainstream media, listings of mass media in Canada, and government departments and agencies.
The Gaining a Voice series can be ordered online from Kinetic Video.
