Y-Press

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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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Youth journalists can learn a lot from each other, and this year, Y-Press, based in Indianapolis, and Radio Arte, located in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, joined forces to do just that.

  • From: Y-Press
  • Updated: May 18, 2011
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Y-Press is a youth media organization. In 2008 they reported from the Democratic National Convention.

  • From: Y-Press
  • Updated: Jul 28, 2009
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Y-Press Youth reporters report from the 2008 Republication National Convention.

  • From: Y-Press
  • Updated: Jul 28, 2009
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Four Y-Press radio producers created a series about all things gender. In this four part series they explore gender stereotypes, identity and images in the media. issues.

  • From: Y-Press
  • Updated: Jan 04, 2011
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Last October, Y-Press traveled to France hoping to learn more about the 2005 and 2007 riots in the northeast Paris suburbs, which were sparked by immigrant youths' frustrations. France is home to more than 6 million immigrants, which account for more than 10 percent its population. For many, daily life is challenging. While these young people fulfill many of the traditional criteria used to determine citizenship, equal treatment and opportunities don’t follow.

  • From: Y-Press
  • Updated: Mar 13, 2010
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On New Year’s Eve in 2011, a Y-Press journalist lost her cousin to a fatal gunshot wound on Indianapolis’ near Northside. At a storyboard, she came to her peers with a question: How easy is it for teens in Indianapolis to get access to guns?

  • From: Y-Press
  • Updated: Apr 06, 2012
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Recently, The New York Times had an "Unplugged" experiment challenging people to unplug from their favorite media devices for a period of time. Around this time several Y-Press reporters became interested in how teens are using media and started to do some digging.

  • From: Y-Press
  • Updated: Aug 27, 2010
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With some inspiration from Youth Radio’s NPR series What’s the new What? Y-Press reporters are exploring trends in culture and politics that's relevant to their generation and how this compares and even mimics the past.

  • From: Y-Press
  • Updated: Nov 18, 2009
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In this four-part series Y-Press journalists report about youth health care and their access to that care

  • From: Y-Press
  • Updated: May 05, 2010
Caption: Morrigan Sanders, 2009, Credit: Oleg Volk
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An original radio series about Indiana teens who use guns for hunting, target shooting and home protection.

  • From: Y-Press
  • Updated: Aug 28, 2012

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Caption: Bard Ellis lost his college fund when AIG stock fell.
According to the College Board and Art and Science Group over 40 percent of students said that the economic crisis will change their college choice...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2009
  • Length: 02:19
Caption: Darnell Bland is a high junior at Cristo Rye. He works for a local enviormental firm.
In this series, four Y-Press journalists explore how the current economy has affected youth.

  • Added: Nov 27, 2009
  • Length: 02:54
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Last July, Time’s online editor Josh Tyrangiel said Lil’Waynes rhymes were Dylanesque Dylanesque, as in Bob Dylan, and that got Y-Press journal...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2009
  • Length: 03:10
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In the world of film, I think Judd Apatow is the new Woody Allen.

  • Added: Nov 17, 2009
  • Length: 05:14
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In October of 2001, the US Congress passed the Patriot Act. It allows the government to monitor citizens’ communications and personal information i...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2009
  • Length: 02:44
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Youth journalists reflect and comment on their experiences with presidential candidates.

  • Added: Jul 28, 2009
  • Length: 12:18
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Karin Agness, a young Republican, started a conservative organization for college females. Started in 2004, Network of Enlightened Women, now has c...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2009
  • Length: 04:20
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Two police officers with different backgrounds offer their view on what being a police officer is all about.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and YouthCast


  • Added: Jul 28, 2009
  • Length: 02:34
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Caption: Members of the OK at a Saturday meeting
Y-Press reporter Max Gabovitch talks with Sergeant Timothy Knight, director of the Indianapolis OK program as well as several youth involved in the...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2009
  • Length: 03:20
Caption: Myron Burr, Credit: Keenen Brannon
For 18-year-old Myron Burr, who recently graduated from Cardinal Ritter High School, relationships with police are about attitude.

  • Added: Jul 28, 2009
  • Length: 02:20