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Building the Youth Media Field and Organizations
Fund-raising, professional development, and big-picture thinking about youth media

Search and Find
September 20, 2006
A new database filled with information on youth media organizations.


A Growth Opportunity
August 10, 2006
A Phillips Community Television staff member shares what they've learned about how youth media benefits teens, and how to magnify its impact.


Capital Gain
July 10, 2006
The nonprofit YouthNoise raised $1.5 million using an investment strategy more common to for-profits. Can it work for other youth media groups?


Getting in the School Door...and Staying There
June 27, 2006
Partnering with schools can be tricky, but with know-how and strategizing, it can be done.


A Teen’s Editor in an Adult World
May 9, 2006
Doubleday editor Clarence Haynes explains how working in youth media jump-started his career.


A Dispatch from the Field
February 24, 2006
Six days in the life of the administrative director for the teen-produced newspaper L.A. Youth.


Lifting the Burden of Proof
February 15, 2006
Finding effective means of evaluation—and, preferably, ones that appeal to funders—is still a trial-and-error process for most youth programs.


Getting Evaluated—and Noticed
February 13, 2006
How a youth-serving nonprofit in Los Angeles figured out how to fund high-quality evaluations of its program while spending little of its own money.


History Flash: The Birth of Youth-Made Radio
January 26, 2006
Ellin O'Leary and Jayme Burke explain how teens got on the air in the days before "youth media" existed.


What They’re Reading (and Talking About)
January 19, 2006
Youth media learning groups meet to look at the theory behind the practice. Here are some of the books that get them talking.


Coffee, Colleagues, and Collaborative Learning
November 30, 2005
Youth media organizations can revolutionize their craft by running their own study groups. Here's how.


Laura Bush's Youth Work Tour
October 20, 2005
The First Lady’s effort to highlight effective programs highlights a dilemma: There's little scientific evidence that they work.


Time to Reflect
September 19, 2005
Youth media has become a bona fide field with its own practices, philosophies, and goals. Discuss.


The Antidote to Fundraising?
August 12, 2005
Marketers hoping to reach teens with youth media might pick up where foundations leave off.


What They’re Thinking
July 7, 2005
The funders' perspective: Does working with the mainstream media bring in money?


Taking Back Public Broadcasting
June 13, 2005
Television journalist Bill Moyers rallies the public media sector to stand its ground.


On a Mission
April 4, 2005
A marketing expert discusses how sharpening a youth media outlet’s mission prepares it to respond to national events.


Bringing in the Bling
March 10, 2005
How one college intern helped Children’s PressLine secure the food, phones, and fun during its convention coverage.


Smart Money: Who Funded Youth Media Election Coverage?
March 3, 2005
A look at the funding strategies of youth media organizations that covered the 2004 election.