So your kid wants to be a

youtuber. There's a summer camp for that.

From American public media, this is marketplace tech. I'm Lily

Dromali. Jamali. Remember what your dream job was as a kid?

Remember what your dream job was as a kid?

I'm guessing Youtuber was not on the list,

but that was then.

Vlogger slash Youtuber was the top career choice

for almost 30% of 8 to 12 year olds surveyed a few years back.

Across the country, camps and after school programs are cropping up to teach them how.

Tech columnist Taylor Lorenz recently visited one for the Washington Post.

The paper made a video about kids making videos with help from some campgoers

who made it known animated flames are in.

Viewers are going to watch it because like who doesn't like

flames coming at them?

Sound advice. I spoke with Lorenz about what kids learn at Creator Camp.

Creator Camp is kind of the most famous one which opened in Texas about three years ago.

They've got many locations now,

and they've seen thousands of kids come through.

And what these kids are taught is basically digital skills.

They're taught video editing, script writing, stage direction, all the sort of,

everything you need to do to produce a compelling YouTube video.

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