Recent Stories

Our students get published! Check out the stories our student reporters and interns have been working on.

Is back to school better or worse than pandemic eating, couch surfing at home?

By Gabriella Fuster, Donovan McClain, Melissa Noda and Julianne Hill As young people returned to the classroom this fall, they faced the...

988 launched a year ago in Philly, but many teens, youth still don’t know what it is

By Zahiya Daniels, Sydney Huynh, Toga Mohamed, Eyitemi Odusola, Lidya Roach and Brie Zeltner Youthcast Media Group™ For the past year,...

Addiction treatment providers, lawyers partner to help patients stay in recovery - and housed

By Shawna James and Kyndall Hubbard Youthcast Media Group™ Veronica Benson had already experienced being unhoused at the start of the...

Buyer beware: The potential risks of vape shop purchases go way beyond nicotine addiction

By Emanuel Molla Even though tobacco and vape shops are rapidly expanding around the country - with a high concentration in Annandale -...

Pandemic side effect: bad eating habits

By Brielle Dunbar and Tabusom Marzi The pandemic has affected many things in student life over these last few years. One that isn't...

COVID’s lingering impact on high school athletes

By Jason Perloff Mathew Giron Blanco, a sophomore football player at Annandale High School, got Covid-19 last fall and had to sit out for...

Push to switch to natural grass fields in wake of injuries on artificial turf fields

By David Sewall Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff takes the snap, fakes a hand-off to his left before spinning back and throwing a...

High schools struggling to keep teachers on board after pandemic

By Johnny Tran Soo-Jin Lee left a job she loved, teaching English at Annandale High School, in October of 2022 not because she wanted to,...

Creative writing is good for your mental health

By Michelle Collins Tyron Barnes' path into creative writing inspired him to write several books and reflect on who he is as a person. In...

Teachers weigh risk/benefit of mask wearing

By Lidya A. Teklebirhan Annandale High School 10th grade English teacher James Bryant has had COVID, twice. After getting sick, he had...

For International Baccalaureate students, managing school can be daunting - but there are solutions

By Sereene Darwiesh, Mariamawat Endalkachew and Kelmya Sanker Youthcast Media Group™ IB stands for International Baccalaureate. Or so...

Why wear a mask in 2023?

By Rodshi Taiyabah Getting ready for school before 7 a.m. is always a rush. I’m usually exhausted. I pack my bag and rush out the door,...

Meet our high school participants-turned-summer-interns!

By: Hermes Falcon Youthcast Media Group welcomes back Kymani Hughes and Courtney Curtis, former students at YMG who participated in our...

YMG students love learning journalism– even in the summer!

By: Brie Zeltner Summer is officially underway, and we’re busier than ever at YMG. You may think that teenagers just want to turn off...

Setting students, junior staff up for success requires flexible funding

By: Jayne O'Donnell When my 23-year-old daughter moved to a new school for 8th grade, her history teacher quickly recognized she likely...