Engaging Youth Through Radio Project

Series produced by WTIP

Caption: WTIP Youth Radio Project, Credit: Carah Thomas
Image by: Carah Thomas 
WTIP Youth Radio Project 

WTIP's "Engaging Youth Through Radio" project features the work of YRP students. These short 3- to 5-minute features are by youth for youth, and explore issues and themes with a youth focus.

WTIP’s "Engaging Youth through Radio" project provides local youth with enhanced opportunities for self-exploration, self-expression, and community involvement by promoting their unique perspectives and highlighting their valuable contributions. This series features these students and the audio documentaries they've created that reflect the concerns and opinions of the local youth culture.


153 Pieces

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An Original Poem: "Computer Virus"
From: WTIP
Series: Engaging Youth Through Radio Project
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Youth Producer Nina Woerheide shares her original poem, "Computer Virus."

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  • Added: Jan 31, 2015
  • Length: :46
  • Purchases: 2
Recipe for Internet
From: WTIP
Series: Engaging Youth Through Radio Project
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Youth Producer Lucy Callendar shares a recipe for internet in this humorous - yet relatable - commentary.

  • Added: Jan 31, 2015
  • Length: 01:56
Internet in Rural Minnesota
From: WTIP
Series: Engaging Youth Through Radio Project
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Lynden Blomberg, a WTIP Youth Producer, interviews Joe Buttweiller of Arrowhead Electric Cooperative about the arrival of Broadband Internet in Coo...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2015
  • Length: 14:05
How many students today remember 9/11/2001?
From: WTIP
Series: Engaging Youth Through Radio Project
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Fourteen years after the events of 9/11/2001, Youth Producer Sean MacDonell asked around his school if people remembered that day.

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  • Added: Sep 19, 2014
  • Length: 05:39
  • Purchases: 1
Debate about... lunch?
From: WTIP
Series: Engaging Youth Through Radio Project
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What would be the reason for the closure of off-campus lunch? Youth Producer Sean MacDonell looks into a controversial policy change at his rural s...

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  • Added: Aug 29, 2014
  • Length: 12:38
  • Purchases: 1
Young Couple, Ohio State Fair
From: WTIP
Series: Engaging Youth Through Radio Project
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Youth Producer Audrey Summers reads "Young Couple, Ohio State Fair," a poem by Felix Jung.

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  • Added: Aug 01, 2014
  • Length: 01:22
  • Purchases: 1
Fisherman's Picnic 5 Mile Trail Run
From: WTIP
Series: Engaging Youth Through Radio Project
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Youth Producer Sean MacDonell's favorite Fish Pic event is the 5 Mile Trail Run at Pincushion Mountain. In this commentary, he shares a bit about w...

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  • Added: Aug 01, 2014
  • Length: 05:24
  • Purchases: 1
Grand Marais, MN: Parks and Recreation Director talks about changing water levels
From: WTIP
Series: Engaging Youth Through Radio Project
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Youth Producer Sean MacDonell interviews Grand Marais Parks and Rec Director Dave Tersteeg about the changing water levels of Lake Superior and the...

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  • Added: Jul 30, 2014
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 1
Changes
From: WTIP
Series: Engaging Youth Through Radio Project
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Youth Producer Sean MacDonell recently went to downtown Grand Marais, MN, and asked folks about significant changes that they were currently going ...

Bought by KSRQ and WDSE


  • Added: Jul 30, 2014
  • Length: 05:08
  • Purchases: 2
St. Paul, Minnesota: My Childhood Home
From: WTIP
Series: Engaging Youth Through Radio Project
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Last weekend, Youth Producer Sean MacDonell traveled to his hometown of St. Paul. In this commentary, he describes his feelings upon returning to h...

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  • Added: Jul 22, 2014
  • Length: 05:15
  • Purchases: 1
College and Home
From: WTIP
Series: Engaging Youth Through Radio Project
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Youth Producer Sterling Anderson just finished his first year of college. In this new commentary, he reflects on his feelings upon returning home.

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  • Added: Jul 22, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
  • Purchases: 1
Reflection by Sophie Honeder, Austrian Foreign Exchange Student
From: WTIP
Series: Engaging Youth Through Radio Project
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Sophie Honeder, a foreign exchange student from Austria, spent this past year living in Grand Marais, Minnesota. She recently returned to Austria, ...

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  • Added: Jul 21, 2014
  • Length: 06:47
  • Purchases: 1
What does "home" mean to you?
From: WTIP
Series: Engaging Youth Through Radio Project
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Last week, during our North Shore Experience Membership Drive, Youth Producer Audrey Summers asked the folks that stopped by, what the word “home” ...

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  • Added: Jul 21, 2014
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 1
YRP Interview: Maggie McMillan and volunteering in Tanzania
From: WTIP
Series: Engaging Youth Through Radio Project
Caption: Uganda. Photo by PeterJBellis via Flickr.
This September, Maggie McMillan will be leaving the United States to volunteer in Tanzania. The Youth Radio Project spoke to Maggie about her upcom...

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  • Added: Jul 16, 2014
  • Length: 06:31
  • Purchases: 1
Summertime
From: WTIP
Series: Engaging Youth Through Radio Project
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Youth Producer Sean MacDonell looks into what summer vacation is "really" about for teens living in Grand Marais, Minnesota.

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  • Added: Jul 16, 2014
  • Length: 04:56
  • Purchases: 1
What can The Youth Radio Project do for you?
From: WTIP
Series: Engaging Youth Through Radio Project
Caption: Audrey Summers
WTIP's Youth Radio Producer Audrey Summers has been involved in youth radio for 3 three years. As she looked back on many youth produced pieces fea...

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  • Added: Jun 30, 2014
  • Length: 05:28
  • Purchases: 1
Foreign Exchange Students at UNC- Chapel Hill
From: WTIP
Series: Engaging Youth Through Radio Project
Caption: UNC- Chapel Hill, Credit: James Clear via Flickr.
WTIP North Shore Community Radio producer Audrey Summers talked to two foreign exchange students from Northern Ireland and Scotland who visited her...

Bought by WTJU and KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 17, 2014
  • Length: 08:12
  • Purchases: 2
To Africa and Back: The Michaela Peterson Story, Part 1
From: WTIP
Series: Engaging Youth Through Radio Project
Caption: Michaela with her students in Uganda, Credit: Michaela Peterson
Can you imagine leaving everything you've ever known to go start a new chapter in your life? Hovland, Minnesota, resident Michaela Peterson did tha...

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  • Added: Jun 16, 2014
  • Length: 12:11
  • Purchases: 1
Book Talk: Adapted for the screen
From: WTIP
Series: Engaging Youth Through Radio Project
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After a hiatus, WTIP's Youth Radio Project's "Book Talk" feature is back on the air. This time, youth producers Haylie Anderson and Joceline Denewe...

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  • Added: May 22, 2014
  • Length: 03:02
  • Purchases: 1
Untitled Poem #10: An Original Poem by Czarina Crow
From: WTIP
Series: Engaging Youth Through Radio Project
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Every month, Czarina Crow of WTIP's North Shore Community Radio's Youth Radio Project shares an original work of poetry. On the May show, she reads...

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  • Added: May 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:11
  • Purchases: 1

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