Recent Y-Press Stories
Paris immigrants
By Grace Moh, 17, Nick Greven, 18, Sarah Zabel, 17, Warren Stokes, 19, Beverly Jenkins, 18, Julie Kippenbrock, 17, Joi Officer, 15
By Grace Moh, 17, Nick Greven, 18, Sarah Zabel, 17, Warren Stokes, 19, Beverly Jenkins, 18, Julie Kippenbrock, 17, Joi Officer, 15
"Pick Me Up" makes learning funny
By Jade Poynter, 12
By Jade Poynter, 12
Do you know what an emirp is? I do because I read the book “Pick Me Up” from DK Publishing. It is a book with a whole bunch of information about a wide variety of topics.
Junior Colts cheerleaders
By Meera Patel, 18
By Meera Patel, 18
Open up the barnyard, kick out the hay,
“We’re the girls from the U-S-A.
“Turn on the radio, who do you hear?
“Elvis Presley doing our cheer.
“We’re gonna F-I-G-H-T, we’re gonna F-I-G-H-T, we’re gonna
F-I-G-H-T.
"We’re gonna fight tonight!”
What it means to be French
By Sarah Zabel, 17
By Sarah Zabel, 17
What does it mean to be French? According to responses to the question posed by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, it’s more than speaking French, respecting the flag and eating baguettes. But few can agree on what it does entail.
Other useful Web sites
As young journalists, we are regularly out on the Web. When we find a great site we list it here for you to enjoy. From the list below choose one of our Web link topics, then select a URL to visit.
Mainstream media outlets, which publish Y-Press content
Indianapolis public TV and radio
Recent Y-Press stories remain posted for seven days at this url.
Stories about Y-Press
Young journalists take charge in their own news bureau
Interview with five Y-Press members.
Youth-media organizations: print
A youth journalism and leadership program producing stories for the adult media. Formerly Children’s Express Upper Peninsula bureau (Michigan).
A United Kingdom news agency, where young people aged 8-18 produce articles on issues that are important to them but of interest to everyone. It was formerly a Children’s Express bureau.
Youth Communication trains teenagers in journalism and publishes magazines written by and for young people. The Web site posts current and back issues of NYC (New Youth Connections), and Foster Care Youth United, written by and for young people in foster care, homeless shelters, and other youth facilities. It features samples of student writing. Curriculum guides are posted.
LA Youth newspaper is a countywide, teen-written publication with a readership of 300,000 youth and adults. Published six times a year, it has been in operation 1988. Its Web site includes a database of area teen services, ideas for teacher lesson plans, and tips for parents.
A project of AlterNet.org, WireTap is an independent information source by and for socially conscious youth. Its aim is to challenge stereotypes, inspire creativity, foster dialogue, and give young people a voice in the media while providing a space for a new generation of writers, artists, and activists to network, organize, and mobilize. It is an online magazine.
Youth-media organizations: radio
Since 1994, Blunt Youth Radio Project has created a space for young people in the Portland area to explore their community and develop their voice through the first hand experience of media creation. All participants in the program receive free training in hosting, reporting, engineering, and digital audio production. The hour-long show features two teen hosts who interview guests on topical issues. The team’s reporters produce public-radio-style features to expand on the week’s theme. Topics range from the serious: the genocide in Darfur – to the light-hearted: teen dating.
Radio Arte, a youth-driven program of the National Museum of Mexican Art, is an educational radio station that has served the Pilsen/ Little Village neighborhood of Chicago since 1998. Young people are responsible for providing content in an urban, community station in the country.
Radio Rookies® is a New York Public Radio® program that provides tools and training for young people to create radio stories about themselves, their communities and their world. Since 1999, Radio Rookies has conducted workshops across New York City; Rookies’ documentaries air on WNYC.
Operating in the Bay Area, Youth Radio, nonprofit organization, offers training in broadcasting and journalism for young people aged 14 to 17. Special programs serve incarcerated youth, takes media education to the streets, and offer assistance and guidance for college-bound teens. NPR frequently features Youth Radio segments.
Youth-media networks
Listen Up!, a youth-media network that connects young video producers to resources, support, and projects, xxxxn order to develop an authentic youth voice in the mass media. It is a project of Learning Matters, Inc., a documentary production company that explores issues on youth and learning for public television. Listen Up! awards grants for projects and workshops that assist youth in creating broadcast quality productions; manages a website that enables educators and producers to exchange resources and showcase their work; organizes events and national screening opportunities; and provides networking opportunities.
Youth-media resources
Youth Media Reporter (YMR) began as a project of the Open Society Institute. In January 2007 YMR became a product of the Academy for Educational Development in New York City. Its primary audience is adults who work in youth media and offers opportunities for educators and young people to submit their own articles, along with student work in video, television, radio, web, art, and print. In 2008, the publication will also produce a print version.
A project in Washington state that provides resources that the group has identified that can assist young media makers.
Y-Press is not responsible for the content of external Web sites used criteria (quality content, youth perspective on issues and honest representation) in making the selection.