It seems like only yesterday TBH was but a dream and now we're going into our 5th full season!

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If you read our About Page, you may know that TBH started with a single pilot episode on WNIT's Politically Speaking with the help of students from Adams and Riley High Schools in South Bend. Over the years we've seen members come and go from all over Northern Indiana.

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This year, we're opening TBH up to students from the Michiana area, meaning we'll be welcoming in some border schools from Michigan! We also hope to collaborate more with a few very mature middle schools!

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We've also finally achieved independent 501c3 status on our own! Previously we were covered by an umbrella organization, Independent Arts & Media. A big shout out and thanks to them for helping TBH get our footing!

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Some of our past themes have included the first year Teen Issues, unfortunately followed by the really tough school year of COVID, which inspired the Things We Really Miss series. We've also celebrated with Inspiration & Changes, and this past season took on The Genres Project highlights different styles of TV and Film. 

This coming year of 24/25 we'd like to get back to TBH's Roots of Teen Issues, but with a bit of a twist. This time we're taking on the Trends that matter to teens. It's been six years since we last took a good look at what's mattered to teens. It's crazy to think the original students who examined the issue have long graduated and many have gone on to careers in the TV and radio industry. When we last did this project AI, wasn't what it is today. Few people regularly video chatted, working from home was nearly unheard of, Tiktok was just gearing up, online shopping wasn't nearly as big a thing and  global impact conflicts were few and far between. Not to mention, rising hate crimes,

social activism have heated up again, there's another historic general election on the horizon, and plenty of 2025 climate deadlines about the play out! Which of these matter most to our teens? Maybe none, or maybe they have other things they'll want to deep dive into. We'll just have to stay tuned and see what they come up with!

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