Articles by SLB Radio
Live Performance: Three Rivers Storyteller Stas’ Ziolkowski
From 8-2-14: Stas’ Ziolkowski with the fourth installment of our series on the 2014 Three Rivers Storytelling Festival.
Interview: Youth philanthropy Interns
From 8-2-14: Youth philanthropy interns Lauren Leblanc and Evan Sweeney reflect on their second summer as interns with The Heinz Endowments.
Radio Camp 2014 – Day 23 – “How I Think a Microphone Works” (Part 3)
On our final day discussing the DIY microphones, campers wrote and recorded about what they had learned!
Inclined to Care: Lifting the Alleghenies to New Heights, 2014
IN SUMMER 2014, the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies welcomed ten students as Youth Philanthropy Interns. This 8-week program was made possible through a grant from The Heinz Endowments and is based on its long-running similar program in Pittsburgh.
Throughout their internship, students assessed community needs and developed two funding opportunities for local non-profits to apply for grants of up to $25,000 to address these needs. In addition to their grantmaking, interns created these radio documentaries.
PBS KIDS Writers Contest 2014
As part of a partnership between SLB and WQED, winners and runners up of the PBS KIDS Writers Contest recorded their stories live in our studios. Listen to these wonderful stories from regional children, grades K-3.
Radio Camp 2014 – Day 22 – “How I Think a Microphone Works” (Part 2)
Campers (after having built and tested their microphones) wrote and recorded how they think a microphone works. They also learned the terms: “Electromagnetic Induction” and “Transducer.”
Wilkinsburg Summer Program: Celebration
Students celebrate there last day at the summer program with African drumming, dancing, and there butterfly release. Also some students made up a song for there celebration.
Radio Camp 2014 – Day 21 – Microphone Building (Part 2)
Campers finally got to test their DIY microphones! After a brief explanation of electromagnetic induction, we attached their microphones to a mixer using alligator clips and started amplifying!
Radio Camp 2014 – Day 20 – Microphone Building (Part 1)
On our twentieth day, campers got to build working microphones out of household materials!
Radio Camp 2014 – Day 19 – “How Do You Think a Microphone Works?”
Campers were asked to write and record about how they thought a microphone works. A few had some imaginative ideas!
