When I was 13, my life was forever changed through a youth journalism program in my hometown of Indianapolis, IN—15 years later, I’ve started my own.
An interview with Robert Martin, a scholar-practitioner whose unique approach to applied theater and digital storytelling supports transfer high school students in New York City as they reframe their life experiences from a place of agency and compassion through workshops and film production.
An interview with Christine L. Mendoza, a youth media-producer-turned-educator from New York City who found that youth media saved her life.
An interview with Chrystian Rodriquez, a nine years-in-the-making youth-producer-turned-media educator.
Volume 4: Issue 5
The McCormick Foundation journalism program staff reflects on five emerging trends in the youth media field, offering a look into innovative journalism and news literacy models.
We believe it is important to listen to our grantees, to learn from their experiences so we are smarter about how to better support their work in ways beyond the grant.
The key to youth media investment is the word “long-term.”
Funders cannot simply leave media to “other” funders to support, just because your area of focus is poverty or health. Media is a component that greatly adds to and advances the solutions to all issue areas.
The youth-media field, as a whole, needs to strategically communicate its value and power on meeting the needs of young people.
