Rural Digital Youth Resiliency Project Inc

AN INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATION THAT ADVANCES PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE RISKS RURAL YOUTH ENCOUNTER ONLINE AND PROVIDE SERVICE AND EDUCATION TO AFFECTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS. MOST SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES ARE RESEARCH, INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING, COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND DISSEMINATION OF RESULTS TO DIVERSE AUDIENCES.

CONDUCTED PRODUCTION AND POST PRODUCTION FOR AN EDUCATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM. CONDUCTED INTERVIEWS, ON-SITE FILMING, AND POST PRODUCTION AUDIO, ANIMATION, AND EDITING. WE CONDUCTED APPROXIMATELY 4 TEST SCREENINGS OF SEGMENTS OF THE FILM. WE ALSO BEGAN PRELIMINARY PLANNING FOR COMMUNITY SCREENING EVENTS FOR 2022 AND BEYOND. ADDITIONALLY, WE BEGAN SUBMITTING THE DEMO REEL TO FESTIVALS AND SCREENING OUTLETS.

CREATED MODULES FOR PARENTS AND YOUTH AS TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS. WE DEVELOPED 11 DIFFERENT INTERACTIVE AND MULTIMEDIA TRAINING MODULES IN DIGITAL SAFETY AND SECURITY FOR YOUTH. WE DEVELOPED STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS WITH APPROXIMATELY 6 ORGANIZATIONS TO PILOT THE MODULES IN RURAL COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND COLLABORATE ON FUTURE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND TRAINING PROGRAMS.

OVER THE PAST YEAR, WE BUILT ON OUR RESEARCH / REPORTING ACTIVITIES. WE SUCCESSFULLY INCREASED REGIONAL PARTICIPATION OF IRB-APPROVED COMMUNITY FOCUS GROUPS AND SURVEYS WITH PARENTS, YOUTH, TEACHERS, AND SCHOOL TECHNOLOGIST. WE CONDUCTED DIGITAL FORENSIC RESEARCH AND MULTI PLATFORM DIGITAL ETHNOGRAPHY AND EXPANDED OUR CAPACITY FOR DATA COLLECTION. WE ASSEMBLED TRANSDISCIPLINARY NETWORKS TO SHARE JOURNALIST'S WORK AND ACADEMIC RESEARCH WITH PUBLIC HEALTH, BEHAVIOR MEDICINE PROFESSORS, EDUCATORS AND FAITH LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY. WE PROVIDED A SERIES OF INVITED SPEAKERS FOR 9 DIFFERENT NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL PANELS, MEDIA PRESENTATIONS AND INTERVIEWS. OUR TEAM'S RESEARCH WAS CITED OR REFERENCED IN 2 BOOKS, SEVERAL REPORTS, AS WELL AS NUMEROUS ARTICLES AND INTERVIEWS FOR MEDIA. WE BEGAN WORKING WITH A CONSULTANT ON CONSTITUENT RESEARCH TO INFORM DATA COLLECTION AND BEGAN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SECURE DATA COLLECTION FOR THE DOCUMENTING HARM RESEARCH PROJECT.

PEER-TO-PEER NEWSLETTER FEATURING CULTURAL ANALYSES AND INSIGHT INTO THE INNER LIVES OF ZOOMERS ONLINE, FROM MEMES, MUSIC, AND FASHION TO THE FEARS, POLITICS, TECH AND TRENDS INFLUENCING THEIR SPACES. PRODUCTION OF A SERIES OF VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON CONVENINGS, TRAININGS AND WORKSHOPS TO BUILD A PEER NETWORK AND HELP TRAIN LOCAL AND INDEPENDENT JOURNALISTS IN DIGITAL RESILIENCE AND HOW TO EFFECTIVELY COVER POLARIZED COMMUNITIES.