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Best Couple

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When seniors at a small public high school in the Bronx cast their votes for "Best Couple" they chose a pair they admire but who definitely defy th...

Bought by KUOW, YouthCast, KDNK, WNIN, and Public Radio Remix

Someone to Tuck Me In

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Last year at a routine check-up, 15-year-old Raymond Henderson decided to tell the truth. When his doctor noticed bruises on his neck, Raymond admi...

Bought by KFAI, Public Radio Remix, and KUOW

Stuck

From Radio Rookies

Kaddeem Wright enjoys reading philosophy and arguing with his friends about history and politics. With his smarts and innate curiosity about the wo...

Bought by KUT, Radijojo World Children's Radio Network, and KUOW

My Mother vs. The Streets

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In the past, hanging out with boys has gotten Jacuyra into trouble. But as a 16-year-old who doesn't often think about the consequences of her acti...

Bought by KUT, KVNF, Public Radio Remix, KFAI, and KXOT Public Radio

I'm Not Emo

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Like most of the kids in her school and on her block, 16-year-old Josetta Adams used to listen to hip-hop. But when she slipped into a depression, ...

Bought by Public Radio Remix, KUT, and KUOW

Read a Book

From Radio Rookies

Keith Harris had a secret when he started school in the U.S. for the first time: he didn't know how to read and write.

Bought by Public Radio Remix and KUOW

Home Alone

From Radio Rookies

Krystle loves her mom very much and she feels guilty about how hard her mom has worked to provide a good life for them, but Krystle sometimes wonde...

Bought by The Story, KUT, and KUOW

The Chernobyl Disaster

From Radio Rookies

Rookie Reporter Irina was born in Belarus 6 years after the Chernobyl disaster. She has always seen herself as a Chernobyl victim, but the more she...

Bought by Public Radio Remix and KUOW

My Mother's Disease

From Radio Rookies

17-years-old Vikky Cruz struggles to cope with her mother's illness, a rare genetic disease called neuroacanthytosis, and the ways it's taken over ...

Bought by Vocalo.org and KUOW

Money Stress

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Rookie Reporter Erikka Diaz, like many of her neighbors in South Bronx, has lived in poverty her whole life. Her family knows well the anxiety that...

Bought by The Story, Vocalo.org, Public Radio Remix, and KUOW

Incarcerated Parents

From Radio Rookies

15-year-old Keith Tingman remembers his tenth birthday better than any other birthday before or since. That was the day he watched his mom get arre...

Bought by Vocalo.org, KUOW, and Public Radio Remix

Promotion In Doubt

From Radio Rookies

14-year-old AJ Frazier reports on how higher standards at his middle school impact his work ethic.

Bought by Public Radio Remix, KUOW, and YouthCast

Growing Up, Getting By: A Radio Rookies Special

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Caption: Radio Rookie Sunnie Hwang with Producer Czerina Patel

For the first time, Radio Rookies presents an hour-long special, “Growing Up, Getting By”, hosted by WNYC reporter and Radio Rookies founder Marian...

Bought by WHRV, KUT, WNPR, KUNM, and KXOT Public Radio

My Not So Sweet Home

From Radio Rookies

14-year-old Radio Rookie Krystle Monclova has been living in a group home in Manhattan since last summer. She never expected to wind up in "the sys...

Bought by KUOW

Short Wave: New Voters

From Radio Rookies

Victoria may be too young to vote in the 2008 presidential election but that didn't stop her from trying to get her classmate to register.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio

Short Wave: Something Positive

From Radio Rookies

Sharee Johnson wants to find out if Barack Obama can inspire positive change in her community.

Short Wave: To Vote or Not to Vote

From Radio Rookies

It doesn't make sense to Erikka Diaz why people in her South Bronx community don't vote so she goes out on the streets to find out.

Growing Up in The System

From Radio Rookies

WNYC Radio Rookie, Shirley Diaz's life has been shaped by the tragedy of her mother's murder and having been raised in several foster homes. To avo...

Bought by KUT, Public Radio Remix, KUOW, YouthCast, KVMR and more

Legal Emancipation

From Radio Rookies

At 15 emancipation has brought both freedom and hardship for Radio Rookie Jordan Teklay. Now 17, he's trying to understand what it means to be an a...

Bought by The Story, KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUNM

Short Wave: Dealing With Loss

From Radio Rookies

Krystle Murray tries to sort out her feelings about death.

Bought by KUOW, KFAI, and NPR Station Showcase with PRX

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