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In the article "Using Digital Storytelling as a Literacy Tool for the Inner City Middle School Youth" Pauline Person Hathorn argues the importance of a summer programin literacy for youth. She informs her readers of her participation in such a program, recounting her personal story of success. Also, she educates her readers on how to go about creating such a program in their cities. Hathorn's main point is that programs such as DUSTY ( Digital Underground Story Telling for Youth) are successful are are beneficial to youth and should be implemented throughout the country. The article focuses on two main areas: a detailed explanation of how DUSTY works and a comprehensive listing of resources helpful to anyone interested in starting their own program. She is directing her argument at the teachers and after school program sponsors who would have the ability to put plans like such into action.

In Hathorn's experience DUSTY worked with a group of sixteen children. They started by having the children work to collect digital footage. Then they started working with the children to create poems, short stories and narratives. They then completed the project by compiling their footage and writing into a multimedia creation. Her resource list includes great sources such as The BellSouth Digital Storyteller and Digitales.