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: Joe Rospars, Chief Digital Strategist for Obama for America, at left
What impact will social media have on this election? To find out, Y-Press journalist Isaiah Treadwell visited the Digital Campaign and Social Media...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2012
  • Length: 02:54
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At the RNC, Y-Press’ Hrishi Deshpande spoke with AJ Feeney-Ruiz. A young Puerto-Rican American, Feeney-Ruiz is a Republican candidate for the India...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2012
  • Length: 02:18
Caption: Sam, 2012, Credit: Keenen Brannon, Y-Press
Last month In Florida, 17-year-old Thorin Montgomery and three friends were playing Russian Roulette with a .38 caliber revolver on his back porch....

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  • Added: Aug 28, 2012
  • Length: 03:31
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Caption: Project Appleseed students take aim.  Instructor Kate Bixler is in yellow at right., Credit: Peter Shirley, Y-Press
Indiana youth can attend a 4-H shooting sports program or a conservation camp with the Department of Natural Resources to learn gun safety and how ...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2012
  • Length: 03:26
Caption: Bekie Stergar with the her kill. Brown County, Indiana, 2011. Gun pictured is a 22 caliber rifle. , Credit: submitted photo
For teens, hunting can be a right of passage and a way to bond with family members. Allison Albrecht, 13, speaks with two teen hunters from Central...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2012
  • Length: 03:24
Caption: Dillon Paul with Smith & Wesson semi-automatic shotgun, Credit: submitted photo
While news stories about youth and guns usually involve death or injury, some Hoosiers believe that when young people learn to use firearms safely...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2012
  • Length: 03:09
Caption: Juard Barnes, counselor at Prescription for Hope and YVRT programs, Wishard Hospital, Credit: Y-Press
The emergency room at Indianapolis' Wishard Hospital sees its fair share of gun shot victims, both teenagers and adults. Y-Press visited Wishard to...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2012
  • Length: 04:18
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The problem of gun violence among teens and young adults isn’t exclusive to Indianapolis. But it turns out that the way the city is tackling the pr...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2012
  • Length: 03:42
Caption: Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility, Pendleton, IN, Credit: Andy Yang and Priya Mirmira, Y-Press
Priya Mirmira, age 15, spoke with 18-year-old inmates who were serving time for gun charges. She learned about their attitudes toward guns, how the...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2012
  • Length: 03:38
Caption: Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility, Pendleton, IN, Credit: Andy Yang and Priya Mirmira
In a 2009 survey by the CDC, nearly 1500 Indiana high school students said they had carried a gun for at least one day during the previous 30 days....

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  • Added: Mar 15, 2012
  • Length: 03:38
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