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


Torine Creppy brings nonprofit, child safety expertise, passion to YMG’s board
April 21, 2025 By Hermes Falcon Youthcast Media Group ® Torine Creppy, a nationally recognized child safety expert and nonprofit...


Hitting 100 - now 106! - student stories published in media outlets is a big cause for celebration
April 21, 2025 By Brie Zeltner Youthcas t Media Group ® Like many journalists, I’m not a big fan of numbers– I’m a word person. But some...


Students connect across cities and states to cover health, road safety solutions
April 21, 2025 By Jayne O'Donnell Youthcast Media Group ® “What I personally love about YMG and why I keep coming back,” says Natalie...


Designing with purpose: Carla Murillo-González on architecture, wellness, and resilience
March 30, 2025 By Michelle Vargas Youthcast Media Group® Carla Murillo-Gonzalez (Credit: Ally Kraus, Youthcast Media Group ®). As a...


Voices of Resilience: How Two Men Transformed Trauma Into Missions of Education
March 30, 2025 By Angely Peña-Agramonte Youthcast Media Group® Fletcher Cleaves and Brad Hughes have never met, yet they are linked by...


Teen ‘passenger empowerment’ key to safer driving, advocates say
January 6, 2025 By Shaunavahn Reid, Alani Schwertfeger, Cindy Tint, Yaneli Victoriano, and Nichole Christian Youthcast Media Group® This...


Distracted driving is a major cause of death for Texans. These teens are trying to stop it.
January 3, 2025 By Bethel Kifle, Cindy Tint, Yaneli Victoriano, Jose Negrete and Cara Kelly Youthcast Media Group® This story was...


Youth in U.S., uniquely burdened by the threat of gun violence, are pushed to action
December 23, 2024 By Kaila Hu, Gianna Michel, Angel Treviño and Isra Yousif Youthcast Media Group® This story was published on the Black...


Gun violence impacts the mental health of big city teens
December 23, 2024 By Ginger Roger Ceballos, Michelle Flores, Genevieve Jennings and Giana Newball Youthcast Media Group® This story was...


YMG opens doors to myriad careers for underserved students. But don’t just take my word for it...
December 22, 2024 By Jayne O'Donnell Youthcast Media Group® Shaunavahn Reid was hard to miss at our first in-person boot camp in...


YMG survey: 70% of high school students think about gun violence “some, a lot, or all of the time”
Students also report on the impact, solutions December 22, 2024 By Brie Zeltner Youthcast Media Group® Gun violence is so much a part of...


Philadelphia’s Gun Violence Down, but fear remains among youth
December 21, 2024 By Zahiya Daniels, Kayla Nguyen, Ericka Otero and Natalie Spina Youthcast Media Group® Beautiful Tashya Vinson, an 11th...


Breaking The Stigma: An Open Conversation about Grief and Mental Health in Philadelphia with Dominque Wallace
October 31, 2024 By Zahiya Daniels and Nichole Christian Youthcast Media Group® This story was published on Mindsite News's online...


High school students struggling to cope with return to school- Counselors needed as students return to school following
October 21, 2024 By Nicole Cortes, Zioni Moore and Whitney Souffrant Youthcast Media Group ® This story was published in USA Today on...


School should come first, but sports are important too
October 10, 2024 By Jason Perloff and Leo Marzigliano Youthcast Media Group® Student-athletes in their graduating gowns on the basketball...
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