Y-Press

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Y-Press was a nonprofit youth-media organization that stresses youth development and leadership skills. It was a youth-driven organization that gave children and teens a voice in the world through journalism. Members built communication skills by producing stories with a youth perspective. Founded in 1991, Y-Press closed its doors in late 2012. 

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Youth journalists can learn a lot from each other, and this year, Y-Press, based in Indianapolis, and Radio Arte, located in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, joined forces to do just that.

  • From: Y-Press
  • Updated: May 18, 2011
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Y-Press is a youth media organization. In 2008 they reported from the Democratic National Convention.

  • From: Y-Press
  • Updated: Jul 28, 2009
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Y-Press Youth reporters report from the 2008 Republication National Convention.

  • From: Y-Press
  • Updated: Jul 28, 2009
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Four Y-Press radio producers created a series about all things gender. In this four part series they explore gender stereotypes, identity and images in the media. issues.

  • From: Y-Press
  • Updated: Jan 04, 2011
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Last October, Y-Press traveled to France hoping to learn more about the 2005 and 2007 riots in the northeast Paris suburbs, which were sparked by immigrant youths' frustrations. France is home to more than 6 million immigrants, which account for more than 10 percent its population. For many, daily life is challenging. While these young people fulfill many of the traditional criteria used to determine citizenship, equal treatment and opportunities don’t follow.

  • From: Y-Press
  • Updated: Mar 13, 2010
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On New Year’s Eve in 2011, a Y-Press journalist lost her cousin to a fatal gunshot wound on Indianapolis’ near Northside. At a storyboard, she came to her peers with a question: How easy is it for teens in Indianapolis to get access to guns?

  • From: Y-Press
  • Updated: Apr 06, 2012
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Recently, The New York Times had an "Unplugged" experiment challenging people to unplug from their favorite media devices for a period of time. Around this time several Y-Press reporters became interested in how teens are using media and started to do some digging.

  • From: Y-Press
  • Updated: Aug 27, 2010
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With some inspiration from Youth Radio’s NPR series What’s the new What? Y-Press reporters are exploring trends in culture and politics that's relevant to their generation and how this compares and even mimics the past.

  • From: Y-Press
  • Updated: Nov 18, 2009
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In this four-part series Y-Press journalists report about youth health care and their access to that care

  • From: Y-Press
  • Updated: May 05, 2010
Caption: Morrigan Sanders, 2009, Credit: Oleg Volk
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An original radio series about Indiana teens who use guns for hunting, target shooting and home protection.

  • From: Y-Press
  • Updated: Aug 28, 2012

Pieces

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In the 40 years since Title IX was enacted girls’ participation in high school and college sports has risen over 900 percent. Y-Press radio produce...

Bought by WXDU and Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jan 04, 2011
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 2
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Y-Press 17-year-old journalist Tommaso Verderame talks with several experts on contemporary gender issues.

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jan 04, 2011
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 1
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A recent New York Times article suggested that 2010 might be known as the year of the transsexual. The story identified many gender-bending images ...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network, KGNU Community Radio, and YouthCast


  • Added: Jan 04, 2011
  • Length: 03:18
  • Purchases: 3
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Gender roles don’t seem to have quite the pull they used to have. In 2008, the U.S. came close to having a woman in the Oval Office. Engineering sc...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2011
  • Length: 02:53
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According to Wikipedia a digital native "is a person who was born after the general implementation of digital technology, and, as a result, has a f...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Aug 27, 2010
  • Length: 02:55
  • Purchases: 1
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Flipping the channels, beep beep just received a text, while checking facebook is a very real scene for many teens. Some are calling these media mu...

Bought by KZYX, WTIP, New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and YouthCast


  • Added: Aug 27, 2010
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 5
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According to Nielsen the average American youth watches about 28 hours a week, or 2 months of nonstop TV-watching per year. Y-Press reporter 17 yea...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2010
  • Length: 12:28
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For the second installment of series on youth and media, Y-Press reports on teens and internet use. According to the Pew Internet and American Life...

Bought by WTIP and Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Aug 27, 2010
  • Length: 02:42
  • Purchases: 2
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A recent Nielsen survey argues that understanding how teens use media is critical for economics, civic, cultural and social advancements. This week...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Aug 27, 2010
  • Length: 02:07
  • Purchases: 1
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According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, both documented and undocumented immigrants disproportionately lack health coverage and receive fewer he...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 05, 2010
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 2