Our Mission

Listen Up! is a youth media network that connects young video producers and their allies to resources, support, and projects in order to develop the field and achieve an authentic youth voice in the mass media.

Our Goals

• Provide connections, information, media tools, and services to young video producers and their allies, both inside and outside the network.
• Work with young producers to raise production quality and tell excellent stories.
• Implement and fund projects.
• Cultivate meaningful partnerships with like-minded organizations to develop and promote the field of youth media.
• Secure broadcast venues for youth produced video.

How can Listen Up! help?

Listen Up! provides critical organizational, technical and financial support for organizations in the network. This includes:

1. Free web presence at listenup.org, individual webpage, streaming of youth-produced media, online production and distribution tools, and member only support
2. E-mail alerts for funding and festival deadlines
3. Production and Distribution guides
4. The America's Youth Speak Out Public Service Campaign
5. Compilation reels of youth-produced docs and shorts
6. Demo reels of youth-produced media
7. National Workshops
8. Peer to peer support
9. Eligibility for Production awards and financial support

About Learning Matters, Inc.

Listen Up! is a project of Learning Matters, Inc., a non-profit 501(c)3 with an 11-year history of producing media that encourages and enriches public dialogue about education, youth and families, and expands learning opportunities for youth. Listen Up! is generously supported by the Annenberg Foundation, with additional support from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the MetLife Foundation, the Open Society Institute and the Surdna Foundation.