Jennifer Ferrara
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Champlain College Online
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Pronouns | She/Her/Hers |
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Contact | Remote |
Biography
Gin considers herself a “multimediator” — a person who helps folks use media to tell their own stories and connect to their communities. She has taught video-making to young people and community members for most of her life. Gin co-founded Baltimore’s Wide Angle Youth Media and was the Executive Director for 10 years, building an organization from the ground up. In Vermont since 2011, she was the host of The Upside VT radio show and co-founded the Burlington story community Storytelling VT. Currently Gin is the Community Engagement Manager at Media Factory, a community media center. She is also a visual artist and
Distinctions & Awards
UVM Community-Engaged Learning Award 2022
Wide Angle Youth Media Leadership Award 2010
OSI Baltimore Community Fellowship 2002
Recommended Reading, Listening & Viewing
- Scott McCloud, “Understanding Comics” —My film teacher at UMBC suggested I read this, and I still look at wall outlets and see little surprised faces in them. A great breakdown of the elements of sequential storytelling.
- Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone, “This Is How You Lose the Time War” —A story told in letters, each chapter is its own little world.
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