The philosophy of HTV is simple - we bill our show as a newsmagazine "by teens, for teens." If we keep our focus on that, we solve a lot of problems before they develop. For example, our stories should always pass the "do teens care?" test. And if there is no teen angle, there needs to be an obvious educational reason for proceeding with a project. Our production of "The Firefall Experience," a natural-sound documentary about a local Fourth of July celebration, is an example of a show we did for the field experience, and for the team-building skills it taught us, eventhough there was no real teen angle. It is especially important to let the students have ownership of the show. Our students decide each year on an opening for the program, they build sets, choose their own stories to cover, and decide on graphics for HTV Magazine. We change many facets of the show from year-to-year, but we don't re-invent the guts of the production. HTV Magazine has always been about teen issues. We only do (on average) one story per show about something taking place in or around Hillcrest High School. Since our program is aired city-wide, we would rather cover topics of broader interest to teens anywhere than items only Hillcrest kids will care about.