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Our students get published! Check out the stories our student reporters and interns have been working on.
Teen ‘passenger empowerment’ key to safer driving, advocates say
By Shaunavahn Reid, Alani Schwertfeger, Cindy Tint, Yaneli Victoriano, and Nichole Christian Youthcast Media Group® National road safety...
Distracted driving is a major cause of death for Texans. These teens are trying to stop it.
By Bethel Kifle, Cindy Tint, Yaneli Victoriano, Jose Negrete and Cara Kelly Youthcast Media Group® This story was published on The...
Youth in U.S., uniquely burdened by the threat of gun violence, are pushed to action
By Kaila Hu, Gianna Michel, Angel Treviño and Isra Yousif Youthcast Media Group® D'arin Floyd-Baldwin (Courtesy of Floyd-Baldwin). D’arin...
Gun violence impacts the mental health of big city teens
By Ginger Roger Ceballos, Michelle Flores, Genevieve Jennings and Giana Newball Youthcast Media Group® Israel Hernandez was about 11 the...
YMG opens doors to myriad careers for underserved students. But don’t just take my word for it...
By Jayne O'Donnell Youthcast Media Group® Shaunavahn Reid was hard to miss at our first in-person boot camp in Hartford, Connecticut 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 By Brie Zeltner Youthcast Media Group® Gun violence is so much a part of American life that...
Philadelphia’s Gun Violence Down, but fear remains among youth
By Zahiya Daniels, Kayla Nguyen, Ericka Otero and Natalie Spina Youthcast Media Group® Beautiful Tashya Vinson, an 11th grader at the...
Breaking The Stigma: An Open Conversation about Grief and Mental Health in Philadelphia with Dominque Wallace
By Zahiya Daniels and Nichole Christian Youthcast Media Group® This story was published on Mindsite News's online publication on...
High school students struggling to cope with return to school- Counselors needed as students return to school following
This story was published in USA Today on April 21, 2022. By: Nicole Cortes, Zioni Moore and Whitney Souffrant Youthcast Media Group ®...
School should come first, but sports are important too
By Jason Perloff and Leo Marzigliano Youthcast Media Group® There is a reason student comes first in the name “student-athlete.” Any...
Want results for your donation? Here’s Hiyan (and Hermes and…)
By Jayne O'Donnell Youthcast Media Group ® Youthcast Media Group ® was the first program Hiyan Daniels learned of in which “young people...
Riding in cars comes with responsibilities, too - And more on what YMG teens are learning this fall
By Brie Zeltner Youthcast Media Group ® More than half of teens think that it’s really important to speak up as a passenger when they...
This is my “Why YMG?” —share yours with us!
By Hermes Falcon Youthcast Media Group ® My journey with YMG started in the fall of 2020 when I joined Youthcast Media Group’s surviving...
Living - and studying - with an IEP
This story was published in MindSite News on October 11, 2024. By: Hannah Henderson Youthcast Media Group® I have a learning difference....
Alternative Learning Centers Break Prison Pipeline
By: Morgan Milman and Naomi Thayer Youthcast Media Group® Alternative schools are not what you might think. They are not wilderness...
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