All Pieces for Radio Rookies

 
The Mary Jane Mindset: Teenagers and Marijuana
From: Radio Rookies
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Radio Rookies Temitayo Fagbenle and Gemma Weiner spent the past several months talking to dozens of teenagers who smoke weed about where they buy i...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 19, 2013
  • Length: 08:17
  • Purchases: 2
Sexual Cyberbullying: The Modern Day Letter A
From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: McBurney YMCA 2012
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These days, many teenagers live half their lives on social media sites, and they're writing the rules as they go. One online trend 16-year-old Radi...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 16, 2013
  • Length: 08:24
  • Purchases: 1
American Dream - Minus My Mom
From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: McBurney YMCA 2012
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Rebelling against your parents is the norm for most teens in America, but for some young people who immigrate to the U.S. without one or both of th...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 16, 2013
  • Length: 06:35
  • Purchases: 1
My Education, Uninterrupted
From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: McBurney YMCA 2012
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New York State has the worst high school graduation rate in the country, according to a recent study by the Schott Foundation for Public Education....

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 16, 2013
  • Length: 06:18
  • Purchases: 1
American Heaven
From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: McBurney YMCA 2012
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18-year-old Radio Rookie Reporter, Danielle came from the Congo when she was 13 years old, leaving her mother and the life that she knew behind in ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 16, 2013
  • Length: 07:27
  • Purchases: 3
Sickle and Me
From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: McBurney YMCA 2012
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Nearly 100,000 Americans suffer from a blood disorder called Sickle Cell Anemia, a painful disease that shortens life-expectancy. Sickle cells aren...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 16, 2013
  • Length: 07:11
  • Purchases: 2
Breast-Fed Language
From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: Flushing 2010
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About two thirds of New Yorkers are from immigrant families. And when parents - who came here from other countries - raise American children, they ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, The Story, Vocalo.org, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 24, 2012
  • Length: 08:02
  • Purchases: 5
Back to the Middle East
From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: Flushing 2010
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Radio Rookie Alexis Gordon's dad has been in the Army Reserves since before she was born. He served a tour in Iraq when she was in the 5th grade an...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 24, 2012
  • Length: 07:51
  • Purchases: 3
Interview With a Teenage Vampire
From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: Flushing 2010
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Just when you think the vampire craze might have run its course, a new book hits the stores or another TV show launches. Next week the latest Twili...

Bought by KUOW and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 24, 2012
  • Length: 07:27
  • Purchases: 2
Who's Going to Protect Me?
From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: Flushing 2010
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Civil rights groups are pushing the NYPD to change its stop and frisk policy and 17-year-old Radio Rookie Edwin Llanos thinks a change might help p...

Bought by KUOW, PRX Remix, and The Story


  • Added: May 24, 2012
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 3
The ABCs of Chinese Americans
From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: Flushing 2010
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Most New Yorkers know that over the past half century, Flushing Queens has transformed from a mostly white suburb to one of the largest Asian popul...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 24, 2012
  • Length: 07:35
  • Purchases: 2
Level Up
From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: Flushing 2010
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Video Games! Millions of people play some form of them - from Farmville on Facebook to more complex games on consoles like the Xbox, PlayStation, a...

Bought by KUOW and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 24, 2012
  • Length: 07:25
  • Purchases: 2
The Potential Diplomat
From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: Flushing 2010
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18–year–old Melissa Best has very high expectations for herself and so do her parents, but her friends wouldn’t describe her as a hard worker. She’...

Bought by PRX Remix and KUOW


  • Added: May 24, 2012
  • Length: 06:32
  • Purchases: 2
Gamun-Pyul
From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: Flushing 2010
Caption: Rayon Wright with K-Pop Artist JYP
18 year old Caribbean American, Rayon Wright, sets out to be a K-Pop producer.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 16, 2012
  • Length: 08:27
  • Purchases: 3
Hip Hop Dedication
From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: Coming Up in 2011
Caption: Staten Island 2011
A lot of teenagers want to make it big as artists--whether acting in movies, singing ballads on American Idol, or making it in the hip hop world. T...

Bought by KSFR, Vocalo.org, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 06:07
  • Purchases: 4
Nothing's Ever Permanent in Foster Care
From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: Coming Up in 2011
Caption: Staten Island 2011
When I first went into foster care, I just felt lost. My friends kept saying, “Yo, you’re changing. You’re acting like you’re depressed.” I used...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KUOW, Vocalo.org, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 08:34
  • Purchases: 4
Mental Illness
From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: Coming Up in 2011
Caption: Staten Island 2011
I remember going to my first rock show, the Alkaline Trio, I was 12, a tall 12-year-old. I left there a mess. I had been hit in the face, my shir...

Bought by PRX Remix, Vocalo.org, and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 09:16
  • Purchases: 3
Coming Out in The Age of Lady Gaga
From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: Coming Up in 2011
Caption: Staten Island 2011
Last year a couple of kids at my lunch table were talking smack about gay people. So I got angry and said “what if I’m gay?” I couldn’t believe I ...

Bought by Louisville Public Media, The Story, Vocalo.org, PRX Remix, and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 5
Facebook Drama
From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: Coming Up in 2011
Caption: Staten Island 2011
Ok, truthfully, if it weren’t for my mom I’d go wild on Facebook. But my mom would never let that happen. She tells me “You guys think it’s fun a...

Bought by Vocalo.org and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 06:54
  • Purchases: 2
Half My Family Is Illegal
From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: Coming Up in 2011
Caption: Staten Island 2011
"At some point when I was growing up I admit I was mad at my parents for coming here. I was mad that they had to work so hard, that we had to wait ...

Bought by KDNK, KSFR, KUOW, Vocalo.org, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 07:19
  • Purchases: 5

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