This week ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾ is partnering with in Chapel Hill on a free summer camp for high schoolers where students take existing ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾ news stories, remix them, and set them to a hip-hop beat. Called , the camp runs through June 20.
In the days ahead we'll share some of the students' creations with you. This project is the for beat making projects.
This project is a part of , a public media initiative aimed at addressing the drop out crisis. It's made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
The Re-Mixing the News project is hosted at the Town of Chapel Hill's Beat Making Lab under the old Post Office on Franklin Street.