Y-Press
- Location: indianapolis,
- http://ypress.org
Y-Press was a nonprofit youth-media organization that stresses youth development and leadership skills. It was a youth-driven organization that gave children and teens a voice in the world through journalism. Members built communication skills by producing stories with a youth perspective. Founded in 1991, Y-Press closed its doors in late 2012.
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Series
5 Pieces
Y-Press reporters talk with minority youth about their perceptions and relationships with police. The reporters also talk with local police to hear what they have to say as well. Y-Press is a youth media organization based in Indianapolis.
- From: Y-Press
- Updated: Jul 28, 2009
4 Pieces
In this series, four Y-Press journalists explore how the current economy has affected youth. While many stories have been done about adults and the economy, few mentioned teens. However, teens not only spend money, they make it.
- From: Y-Press
- Updated: Nov 27, 2009
Pieces
According to the Centers for Disease Control, one in every four sexually active teenagers will contract a sexually transmitted disease. The Indiana...
- Added: May 05, 2010
- Length: 02:53
School-based health clinics are one healthcare solution for kids who are economically disadvantaged or uninsured. During the past several years Ind...
- Added: May 05, 2010
- Length: 02:42
Obesity, STDs, tobacco, drug and alcohol use are some of the major health concerns Indiana youth. And if kids need care in this difficult economy, ...
Bought by YouthCast
- Added: May 05, 2010
- Length: 05:45
- Purchases: 1
Last fall in a modest office in Bondy, a northeastern suburb of Paris, a group of young bloggers gathered for their weekly story meeting. They writ...
- Added: Mar 13, 2010
- Length: 02:18
Recently, French President Nicolas Sarkozy suggested that elite schools reserve space for youth from poorer backgrounds. Most of the schools reject...
- Added: Mar 13, 2010
- Length: 03:18
Before 15-year-old Y-Press journalist Joi Officer went to Paris, she though he life lives experiences would be extremely different to the youth she...
- Added: Mar 13, 2010
- Length: 02:06
The United States adopted affirmative action over 50 years ago to help promote equal opportunity and diversity. But support for it has been divide...
- Added: Mar 13, 2010
- Length: 02:32
According to a recent Reuter article, there are about 200 organized gangs in metropolitan Paris. Last year President Nicolas Sarkozy passed a law m...
- Added: Mar 13, 2010
- Length: 03:33
Fifteen-year-old Y-Press journalists Vincent Demyan, reports on the future for teen entrepreneurs.
- Added: Nov 27, 2009
- Length: 03:17
Fourteen-year-old Hrishi Deshpande, talks with fellow Y-Press journalists about how their spending has changed over the past year.
- Added: Nov 27, 2009
- Length: 01:42
People who work with Y-Press
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