Be Loud Studios is a New Orleans non-profit that amplifies kid confidence through radio and digital media production.
Pass The Mic Teacher Fellowship
Be Loud offers a fellowship experience for NOLA based educators interested in creating and broadcasting audio content with youth.
Participants Recieve:
$500 worth of Recording Equipment
Cohort Experience and direct coaching
$1,000 Stipend Upon Completion of Project
2023 Projects
Select a project from the right to listen and learn more
Project Description
What is science? Listen in as 5th graders share their biggest insights and most awe inspiring moments from a year of science class.
Educator: Harry Alper
Listen:
"Science lets us EXPLORE THE VAST SEA… and travel through OUTER SPACE! That is why science is…AMAZING!"
Educator: Tami Le
Project Description
Stories written and told by the 5th and 6th grade students of Schaumburg Elementary
Listen:
"I had fun writing 2 sentence horror stories, I really had to stop and think about what I would write."
Educator: Shea Toups
Project Description
Other Voices is a collection of stories told by other voices in an effort of anonymity, vulnerability, and unity within a generation.
Listen:
"I loved working on the Other Voices project because I felt like I was able to speak my truth. I loved being able to be free to write without my name being attached to it."
Project Description
La Cumbre is a podcast brought to you by our newcomer scholars. Our Scholars work hard to develop their English, and this podcast will display their growth as well and give them another way to practice and better their craft.
Educator: Victor Ilarraza
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"I love that I get to share my experience. This podcast has helped me be more open."
Educator: Mia Rotondo
Project Description
Listen in to student led segments and interviews for a look inside RTP and what young people have to say about the world they live in. Check out our bonus track for some collaborative poetry!
Listen:
"This is the most engaged I've seen my students in a project in a long time."
Project Description
Students will take you on a journey of their life, highlighting moments that shaped them before beginning their 9th grade year. They'll then give insight into their 9th grade year at Warren Easton. Lastly, students will leave us with a reflection of their whole journey thus far emphasizing how they believe they've changed, providing words of wisdom.
Educator: Kiera Spears
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"It’s been a long ride from the first day I started here until now. I have come across some of the best experiences here and some of the worst ones. But those experiences taught me things and showed me how strong I can be at the end of it."
Project Description
This is an opportunity for students to listen to each other’s experiences and learn from their own story. We hope to highlight this small population in NOLA East that is rapidly growing. This podcast is designed to give them space to talk about their memories, their journeys, and to celebrate themselves/their culture/their people/their language.
School: Schaumburg Elementary
Educator: Maria-Alejandra Arauz
Listen:
"For all those people out there that are in moments of desperation, I want to tell you that everything will come at its own time. Sooner or later, something good will come."
Project Description
Open voices share open minds.
Open voices emote open hearts.
Open voices open hearts and minds.
Open voices open voices.
It is always now.
Educator: Rob Brooks
Listen:
"It was nice to be able to share my opinions on important topics with other people listening, and also responding, as opposed to just voicing things and either being shut up about them or brushed off."
