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OVERVIEW

Do you have better conversations with your child through the phone or the computer? When they do talk, do they mumble or talk softly so you can’t understand them? Young Broadcasters of America exclusive curriculum is designed to help.

Using the subjects of sports or pop culture, YBA engages young people in dialog about the things they are passionate about. The camera motivates and exposes them, to see themselves as the world sees and hears them.

Each level consists of 20 hours of instruction. Workshop sessions take place two days a week for 2 hours per day. Missed workshops may be made up on a different day that same week or in the next session.

The beginner level- or the first 20 hours of instruction will give the participants a thorough introduction to the broadcast industry and the skills that are associated with it. Starting with the first day participants are on camera.

Once a participant completes their first 20-hours of training they receive a certificate of accomplishment and will become eligible to appear on original YBA programs like Back Talk, Trendy Teen Tv, or KSports Sunday!

The intermediate level-or the next 20 hours is the most critical because it exposes the participants to specific skills that can become a focus for their career or just to round out their media education.


20-Hour Workshop Sessions

Session II — February 8 – March 12
Session III — March 15 – April 2
Session IV —April 26 – May 30
June – Makeup Workshops

SESSION III : March 13 – April 2


20-HOUR BEGINNER WORKSHOPS (NATICK)

* Begins March 14th and is held on Sundays from 12:00pm to 2:00pm.

20-HOUR BEGINNER WORKSHOPS (PEABODY)

* Begins March 15th, and is held on Mondays and Thursdays, 4:00pm-6:00pm.

BEGINNER WORKSHOP ACTIVITIES

  • Intro to Broadcasting
  • Writing for Broadcasting
  • Intro to Interviewing
  • Hosting a talk show
  • Voiceover / Sports and Entertainment
  • Commercial Pitch
  • Blog & Log: Broadcasting in a Digital Age
  • Interview a Personality
  • Feature Production : Part I
  • Feature Production : Part II
BEGINNER TUITION

  • A deposit of $250 if required to confirm your registration. (Includes $50 one time registration fee)
  • The next payment of $400 will be due 2 weeks after the session has started.
  • The next payment of $400 will be due 2 weeks later.
SATISFACTION GUARENTEED!

* If after the first 6 hours you are not satisfied we will refund the $50 registration fee and no further payment will be necessary.

20-HOUR INTERMEDIATE WORKSHOPS (NATICK)

* Begins March 13, and is held on Saturdays from 1:00pm to 3:00pm.

OR

* March14, and is held on Sundays from 2:30-4:30pm.

INTERMEDIATE WORKSHOP ACTIVITIES

  • Intro to Videography
  • Intro to Videography II
  • Editing on iMovie
  • Intro to Producing/Directing
  • Production Team Meeting
  • Production : Day 1
  • Production : Day 2
  • Production : Day 3
  • Production : Day 4
  • Production : Day 5
  • ** While participating in this 20-hour workshop, each participant will be invited to appear on a selection of live YBA shows at no additional charge. **
INTERMEDIATE TUITION

  • A deposit of $200 is required to confirm your registration.
  • The next payment of $400 will be due 2 weeks after the session has started.
  • The next payment of $400 will be due 2 weeks later.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER


April School Break and Summer Workshops Held in Natick
CREATE A TV SHOW

Have you ever wanted to create your own TV show? Would you like to learn how to host it? Now you can! Best of all, you can show it on You Tube or your town’s local access TV channel. During school vacation week, Young Broadcasters of America is offering an intense week of TV production training at their studios in Natick. You will learn how to be comfortable on camera, how to produce a TV show off a format, how to use a camera, and put a story together. Best of all you will have a blast!

Skills introduced and taught:

* On Camera Performance & Teleprompter reading
* Host your own talk show
* Commercial Pitch
* Sports & Entertainment
* Interview Media personalities
* Final project- You Tube “show”

Each week a new show will be created. Sign up for one or more weeks.

April School Break – April 20-23 (10:00am-3:00pm)

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Summer Workshops

** All workshops are 10:00am-3:00pm **
  • July 12-16, 19-23, 26-30
  • August 2-6, 9-13, 16-20, 23-27

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER


Mini Workshops


Mini Workshops are 6-weeks for 90 minutes a week.


The Mini Workshop content includes:

* Delivering the broadcast script using; pronunciation, enunciation, intonation, and inflection
* Using the tele-prompter; using eye contact with the camera
* Introduction to voice over sports highlights, and entertainment news
* Write and read commentary scripts aloud and on camera
* Introduction to the interview
* Host your own talk show; eye contact with camera, eye contact with co-hosts, sitting straight yet comfortable all done on camera


Two sessions of the Mini workshop will held at the Natick training studio.

Session I begins Wednesday, March 24. Workshops are from 4:00pm-5:30pm

Session II begins Tuesday, April 27. Workshops are from 4:00pm-5:30pm.

YBA’S ORIGINAL LIVE WEBCASTS

Upon successful completion YBA’s Intermediate workshop, you are eligible to sign up for YBA’s on air LIVE shows on a regular basis or according to your schedule! Sign up to participate on Back Talk Live, Ksports and our newest show; Entertainment News.

GUIDELINES FOR INVOLVEMENT IN LIVE SHOWS :
  • ½-hour preparation time prior to showtime
  • 1-hour showtime
  • ½-hour review and critique time.
  • A minimum of 2 and maximum of 4 people on air is necessary to produce a show.
  • Availability for up to 2 people for production assistance.
  • Blogging before or after each program.
  • Sign up for each show one week prior

** It is important to remember that participation in any show is always a training opportunity and is
treated as such. **

CHOOSE FROM THE PRE-REGISTRATION PACKAGES BELOW (MARCH 14TH – MAY 23RD) :

  • Sign up to participate on (4) *shows, (8 hours of training) for: $300
  • Sign up to participate on (8) *shows (16 hours of training) for: $500
  • Sign up to participate on (10) *shows (20 hours of training) for: $750
  • Sign up to participate on (20) *shows (40 hours of training) for: $1,300
** 48-hour cancellation is required. 2 hours will be deducted from the package without 48-hour notification **
** THERE ARE NO REFUNDS **

SHOW SCHEDULE (NATICK TRAINING STUDIO) :

  • KSports : Sunday 5:00pm-7:00pm
  • Back Talk LIVE! : Monday, Wednesday and Friday 6:30pm-8:30pm
  • Entertainment News : Tuesday 6:30pm-8:30pm

SHOW SCHEDULE (PEABODY TRAINING STUDIO) :

  • Back Talk Live : Third Thursday of each month

** Each show is 2 hours per day. (Example: participating on Back Talk Live on a Monday, Wednesday, and Friday in the same week would be counted as 3 shows equal to 6 hours of training. **