IMNY is a journalistic adventure for and by New York City's public school students, exploring the unique stories, neighborhoods and challenges of our City's young people through a combination of first-person narrative documentaries produced by young people and interactive conversations between the youth of New York and relevant civic, political and social leaders. Each themed episode features three to four short documentaries told primarily from one young person's first person point of view - they explore issues and ideas important to young New Yorker's lives. Through documentaries and dialogue, IMNY educates, empowers and creates a platform from which New York City's youth can speak and be heard.
As the Series Producer of IMNY, I had a hand in creating every aspect of IMNY along with the Executive Producers. I hired and managed staff, pitched ideas, created and maintained the budget, worked with young people and ran the show. I am pleased to say that as the Series Producer of IMNY, I won a New York Emmy in March 2004. In addition, The New York Emmy for Societal Concerns Programming went to an IMNY segment called "Sweet 16" (Episode 15) produced by Caress Lovelace and David Meneses.
IMNY was produced by Downtown Community Television for broadcast on WNYE in New York City. This 20-week series of half-hour programs aired every Monday night during the 2002-2003 television season.
