Youth & News
| Youth & News |
This page highlights innovative approaches that have been either designed by media organizations to reach out to youth, or planned and designed by young people themselves.High School Journalism Project Since 2000, the High School Journalism Initiative has sparked and sustained youth journalism across media platforms, with efforts grow a diverse generation of fledgling, multimedia journalists. Just as important, the HSJP helps convey to all students a deeper appreciation of the First Amendment, news literacy, reading, and critical thinking skills. World Youth News is an global online news project for secondary school students from around the world. It is managed by iEARN, the world's largest non-profit network that enables teachers and youth to use the internet and other technologies to collaborate on projects that enhance learning and make a difference in the world. Adhering to the highest journalistic standards, students select the issues they want to report on, and write, edit and publish their articles on the web-based news service. School publications can reprint articles from World Youth News to add an international component to their news. When Los Angeles teens read L.A. Youth, the newspaper by and about teens, they say, “I relate to it.” L.A. Youth has helped thousands of teachers make their classrooms more relevant, interesting places to learn by publishing the first-hand accounts of teens’ experiences with college stress, racial identity, homophobia, censorship, broken families and many more topics. It has investigated serious problems in the community such as teen pregnancy, teen prostitution, drug addiction and dilapidated schools. PEARL Youth News is an online news service that is available to all secondary school students around the world. All articles that are posted on this website are written by students who have taken and passed the free online journalism course. In the four-week course, students learn the fundamentals of journalism and write their first article with the support of mentors. Then they are certified as PEARL Reporters and go on to publish their articles on PEARL Youth News. The Youth Channel is a division of Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN) targeting youth under 25. It is an alternative to mass media, providing equal access to all young people, regardless of ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation or social status. Manhattan Neighborhood Network's Youth Channel was established in March 2000 to provide disadvantaged, low-income and minority youth access to a quality media forum through which to express creativity, foster dialogue, and encourage social and civic participation. The Youth Channel strives to build confidence, establish role models, inform, educate, and entertain. It empowers youth to create change within their communities and the world. The Youth Channel is run by adults and youth who want to make a difference. Youth News Network is an internet based television program for youth promoting Science, Technology, Nature, History, Language, Sports and the Arts. It is produced by youth for youth. Children and youth learn valuable skills as they contribute as producers, news reporters, researchers, editors, business managers, illustrators, technicians and more. Mentored by experienced instructors, professional journalists and broadcasters, YNN Youth Reporter Teams develop a wide variety of stories. Y-Press is a nonprofit youth-media organization (501 c 3) that stresses youth development and leadership skills. It is located in downtown Indianapolis, in The Indianapolis Star building. It is a youth-driven organization that gives children a voice in the world. Members build communication skills by producing stories with a youth perspective. It produces a column that appears in The Indianapolis Star every other week on Thursdays in Local Living. In addition, radio pieces air on WFYI-FM (90.1). Stories and other media are researched, reported and written by reporters (ages 10-13) and editors (ages 14-18) for audiences of all ages. Founded in 2002, the Center for Media Justice is a national movement building intermediary to strengthen the communications effectiveness of grassroots racial justice sectors, and sustain a powerful local-to-local movement for media rights and access. Their mission is to create media and cultural conditions that strengthen movements for racial justice, economic equity, and human rights. With an office in Oakland, California, and staff in Chicago and New York, CMJ is the only group in the nation that both develops a new generation of leaders and strategies for a 21st-century progressive movement and organizes nationally for media policy solutions to end racism and poverty. Broadcasting since 1990, Peabody Award-winning Channel One News, now a division of Alloy Media + Marketing, is the top source of high quality, unbiased news and information for young people. The dynamic 12-minute news broadcast is delivered daily to nearly five million teens in approximately 7,000 middle schools and high schools across the country, providing global and national headlines from a teen perspective with a fast-paced production style, youthful reporters and contemporary music. Center for Parent/Youth Understanding "Youth Culture News" Page At a time when an already confusing youth culture is changing quickly, CPYU helps parents, youth workers, educators, and others understand teenagers and their culture so that they will be better equipped to help children and teens navigate the challenging world of adolescence. The latest news and issues related to youth culture are updated regularly on CPYU's Youth Culture News page. They are posted for purpose of keeping parents and informed as to what is happening in the world of youth culture. Each day they scour the Internet and a variety of publications from around the world in order to find the most relevant items. The Educational Video Center is a non-profit youth media organization dedicated to teaching documentary video as a means to develop the artistic, critical literacy, and career skills of young people, while nurturing their idealism and commitment to social change. Founded in 1984, EVC has evolved from a single video workshop for teenagers from Manhattan's Lower East Side to become an internationally acclaimed leader in youth media education. EVC's teaching methodology brings together the powerful traditions of student-centered progressive education and independent community documentary. |
