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Category: media professional of the month

this month's youth media professional
November 14, 2007
A passionate baseball enthusiast and a devoted community advocate, Irene Tostado brings her Spanish, English, radio, and print journalism skills to Latino youth in Chicago and the immigration movement.


this month's youth media professional
October 11, 2007
Irene is a loud and proud Riot Grrrl that has dreams to attend a Buddhist seminary. Irene has made a significant impact in youth media and organizing since her teenage years when she launched the first Gay/Straight Alliance at her high school while co-producing a film regarding the youth movement.


this month's youth media professional
September 17, 2007
Erin did her first radio show at the age of 15 and now works as the Youth Advocate at KBOO Youth Collective, rocking out in a punk rock band on the side. Photo by: Ingrid Dahl


this month's youth media professional
July 31, 2007
Debra Koffler enjoys road trips and camping with her friends in the bay area. She has a knack for pulling youth out of street living, is up on hip-hop, and is the founder of Conscious Youth Media Crew.


this month's youth media professional
June 14, 2007
Sharese was born and raised in Brooklyn, lived on an organic farm during high school, was an environmental activist as a teenager, and is a music industry/event planning guru.


this month's youth media professional
May 14, 2007
Kristina Rizga is the editor and director of WireTap Magazine who saw first hand how small journals, films, and music created by young people inspired and grew movements for social change in the former Soviet Union.


this month's youth media professional (4)
April 13, 2007
Katina used to train as a boxer and h-e-a-r-t-s coffee. She may be the only youth media practitioner who used to attend trade shows on radiant floor heating for work or who studies charts of the muscular skeletal system on the side.


this month's youth media professional
March 14, 2007
Ibrahim rocks. He balances working as a youth media professional, producing events in the world of progressive music, and helping to produce two albums on vinyl that are rare and well-received in the international underground DJ scene.