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

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According to the Centers for Disease Control, one in every four sexually active teenagers will contract a sexually transmitted disease. The Indiana...

  • Added: May 05, 2010
  • Length: 02:53
Caption: Willard Gambold Middle School
School-based health clinics are one healthcare solution for kids who are economically disadvantaged or uninsured. During the past several years Ind...

  • Added: May 05, 2010
  • Length: 02:42
Caption: Josier Boser, Chelsea Ratlift, Samantha Maltlen
Obesity, STDs, tobacco, drug and alcohol use are some of the major health concerns Indiana youth. And if kids need care in this difficult economy, ...

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  • Added: May 05, 2010
  • Length: 05:45
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Last fall in a modest office in Bondy, a northeastern suburb of Paris, a group of young bloggers gathered for their weekly story meeting. They writ...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2010
  • Length: 02:18
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Recently, French President Nicolas Sarkozy suggested that elite schools reserve space for youth from poorer backgrounds. Most of the schools reject...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2010
  • Length: 03:18
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Before 15-year-old Y-Press journalist Joi Officer went to Paris, she though he life lives experiences would be extremely different to the youth she...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2010
  • Length: 02:06
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The United States adopted affirmative action over 50 years ago to help promote equal opportunity and diversity. But support for it has been divide...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2010
  • Length: 02:32
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According to a recent Reuter article, there are about 200 organized gangs in metropolitan Paris. Last year President Nicolas Sarkozy passed a law m...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2010
  • Length: 03:33
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Fifteen-year-old Y-Press journalists Vincent Demyan, reports on the future for teen entrepreneurs.

  • Added: Nov 27, 2009
  • Length: 03:17
Caption: Y-Press journalist Hrishi Deshpande
Fourteen-year-old Hrishi Deshpande, talks with fellow Y-Press journalists about how their spending has changed over the past year.

  • Added: Nov 27, 2009
  • Length: 01:42