Barefoot, 18
Bio
Hey! My name is Eyal. I made my name "barefoot" because, well, that's the reason I'm here.
I, along with fellow editors Nick, Friedemann, Tim, and Anna, helped found Barefoot Magazine, an international student magazine with writers from all over the globe. We started in May, 2007 and are printing our first test issue in August, 2007. We will then sell our first magazine issue in high schools throughout Germany and the USA in October, 2007.
Both student-produced and student-read, Barefoot has teenage writers and editors work together to create a magazine for high school students, focusing on the every-day stories and articles of those anywhere from Chicago to Paris to Dubai.
Our goal is to expand the typical niche of a high-school WRITER from his or her school newspaper or hometown press, and gain access to a larger-scale media. At the same time, we allow READERS to expand off of local media and hometown events, and read about international affairs. We seek writers our own age – typically between 14 and 19. Everyone—organizers, editors, and writers—contribute voluntarily and without pay.
The various sections, including a short news area from each local region the magazine is distributed in, provides feedback to readers from writers over 1500 miles away.
If you're interested in writing, donating, buying ads, or otherwise learning/contributing in any way, please contact us at barefootinternational@gmail.com
Our current website is www.barefoot.de.tl, so feel free to check it out! We will be moving to a new domain soon.
Goals
- I need help completing Youth Venture’s action plan
- I need help passing Youth Venture’s selection panel
- I launched a venture in the last 12 months and could use help
- Our mission: to create a diverse media outlet for high school teenagers like us. We have ONLY teenage editors, contributors, and organizers that allow us to spread personal stories and international media to young adults our age. - Meet monetary needs in printing 2000 copies of the magazine to be distributed in Germany and the USA ($2,500) - Seek advertisers targeting teen readers - Invite writers from all over the globe to contribute. If interested, email barefootinternational@gmail.com - Receive starting grants totaling at least $1,750 (from the USA and Germany), allowing our magazine to be comfortably self-sustaining.
Interests
Arts and Culture, College/University, Education, International Issues, Literacy, Media
