Waching daily Aug 2 2018

And finally tonight, a unique program that teaches urban youth how to build boats and,

in the process, grow their communication skills and self-confidence.

The story is reported by student Anthony Rivera and comes to us through our Student Reporting

Lab at the U School in Philadelphia.

ANTHONY RIVERA: High schooler Saviel Veras Nunas is becoming an expert in a field that

some would consider unusual for a teen living in north Philadelphia: boat building.

SAVIEL VERAS NUNAS, Student: We try new stuff every day, and we build different boats, and

there comes the day when we have got to go and try it at the water.

ANTHONY RIVERA: Saviel is part of an apprenticeship program at the Philadelphia Wooden Boat Factory.

Founded in 1996, the organization provides after-school programming for urban youth living

in some of the city's toughest neighborhoods.

Emma Bergman is a social worker and served as the organization's clinical director for

two years.

EMMA BERGMAN, Social Worker: Many of the young people who come to us who are recruited through

their different school communities have experienced some kind of trauma as a result of living

in areas where there are high rates of poverty and also community violence.

And so our programming is designed to be a trauma-informed program where we support young

people with engaging in corrective experiences.

SAVIEL VERAS NUNAS: People that work here treat us like family, because they always

there for us, even when we go into the good times and the low times.

ANTHONY RIVERA: The organization balances boat-making programs with social and emotional

peer- and counselor-led support.

Former executive director Brett Hart says the objective is to arm young people with

the skills to problem-solve any challenge.

BRETT HART, Former Executive Director, Philadelphia Wooden Boat Factory: Having social workers

on our staff, and having those supports in place for the young people who engage, and

then being intentional about the social and emotional health and aspects of our program

build a sustainable model for apprenticeship for teenagers who are in a crazy hectic moment

in their lives.

ANTHONY RIVERA: Clarence Thomas graduated from Wooden Boat Factory and now works as

an engineering aide for the city of Philadelphia.

The program helped him overcome the disappointment of not being able to play professional football.

CLARENCE THOMAS, Alumnus, Philadelphia Wooden Boat Factory: I literally had all my goals

set on football.

You know, I didn't care about anything else.

I didn't care about school.

All I cared was about football.

And when I came here, it was like, hey, there's something else out there that you can also

be interested in.

ANTHONY RIVERA: Perhaps the most visible impact can be seen in the feeling students have when

they finally get to put their boats in the water.

CLARENCE THOMAS: Finishing a boat, it was amazing.

I can't explain it, because it was an accomplishment that I don't know a lot of people that have

built a boat before.

And seeing it on the water, it was unexplainable.

This program impacted my life by me physically and mentally, because I would break down and

go, I can't do this.

And you have to figure it out, because that's the way you going to build the boat.

That's the only way you're going to progress.

ANTHONY RIVERA: For the "PBS NewsHour"'s Student Reporting Labs, this is Anthony Rivera in

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

JUDY WOODRUFF: Terrific program for those young people.

For more infomation >> For these students, boat building is a vessel for healing - Duration: 3:13.

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The Mighty say The Street Profits' party is over: NXT Exclusive, Aug. 1, 2018 - Duration: 0:47.

Nick, Shane it appeared as though you had this match won, but-

>> Whoa, look appeared nothing.

We had that won.

We are winners.

We are the best team in NXT and if it wasn't for those meddling kids,

those [CROSSTALK] >> If it wasn't for

the biggest joke in the NXT Tag Team Division,

sticking their nose in our business, they wanna have a party wherever they go.

Well, what they're looking at is a couple of party crashers and

their party, Street Prophets, it's over.

>> Party time is over.

[SOUND]

For more infomation >> The Mighty say The Street Profits' party is over: NXT Exclusive, Aug. 1, 2018 - Duration: 0:47.

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Is It Writer's Block Or Time To Find Your Format? - Duration: 4:28.

My name is Annie Franceschi and I'm a failed screenwriter.

Yep, I'm totally a failed screenwriter.

I used to write screenplays when I was in high school.

That was like my thing.

I wrote four feature length screen plays by the time I was in college.

And thought, that is what I'm going to do with my life.

I'm going to write movies that tell great stories.

And then something happened to me along the way.

When I actually started working in the film industry.

Maybe you can relate to this.

You know, if you've worked in a corporate world or kind of seen behind the curtain a

little bit.

But having written some featured length screen plays and then going to work for film studios,

I started to write but I would stop myself.

I would start to write and then say, "oh that's not marketable.

Or I can't have a female heroin because that's not marketable.

Or no one is going to like this. Or it's not going to work.

Or it's too similar to this other project that is in development."

It's almost like I knew too much about how the sausage gets made or whatever the case

may be.

And I stopped being able to live as a writer in the fictional world.

So why do I share that with you?

And today, what I want to talk to you about is the notion of "finding your format".

Finding your format.

This is so important.

I mean, how many people do we know, a great example is writing, and that's why I'm sharing

the example with you today.

So how many people do you know that say, "I'm a writer" but they haven't written anything?

Right?

Like they have all the stuff, they won't show it to you, or I'm constantly working on something.

I get that.

I was there myself.

And I think that you have to find your format.

For me, my format has become writing for other people.

Where I was getting stuck, very often, was that blank page that we all can't stand.

But when I work with people, clients through Greatest Story, it's really about starting

from their story.

They are sharing something with me and I'm not starting with a blank page.

And I've learned that that's a better format for me.

I've learned that I'm better at shorter term writing than longer term writing.

Screenplays can be 90 - 120 pages.

And that's too long for me.

Because I like variety and I like learning new stories and constantly moving from project

to project.

And I'm better at that.

And for me that was about, screenwriting wasn't the format for me.

As much as I really wanted to write movies.

This was my way.

This is my format.

And so, with writing, for example, there's more than just writing a novel or writing

a screenplay.

There's technical writing, there's copywriting, there's writing for academia, there's all

kinds of shades of writing.

There's short stories, there's blogging, there's formats and platforms and things that maybe

you haven't even heard of.

And so I share this with you whether you're a writer or it comes down to other skillsets

that you have that you feel like, "but I'm supposed to be interested in this.

But I want to be a writer."

I am a writer, but I'm not a screenwriter.

And that's okay.

I think we try to fit ourselves into a societal bucket of "well I'm interested in law, so

I have to be a lawyer."

Do you?

Could you write about the law for example?

Could you be a consultant about the law?

Maybe.

There's lots of creative ways to spin these things.

And what I recommend to you, is that if you're coming up against a wall and you're saying

you're a writer for lack of a better example, but you haven't written anything, because

you can't get that novel started, try writing a short-story.

Try writing for an app.

Try writing little character descriptions.

Writing for an Instagram feed.

Trying out different platforms and formats will give you an opportunity to break free

of that block.

To break free of the expectations you're placing on yourself.

If I was still kicking myself that I wasn't writing screenplays and feeling the guilt

of that, then I wouldn't be creating new things and I wouldn't be writing.

So I think that that is the key.

No matter how.

Writing is the larger example here, but it could be anything.

That if you feel like it's just not working for you and you need to be honest with yourself

about that.

Also be open and interested in the fact you can try other formats out.

And there's lots to do.

We live in a great universe now of all kinds of free, online tools and opportunities and

classes that we can take to try out different formats.

So, if it's not working for you, don't worry about it, it might just be time to find your

format.

For more infomation >> Is It Writer's Block Or Time To Find Your Format? - Duration: 4:28.

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Cheese Is The New Bread - Duration: 1:16.

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