Y-Press
- Location: indianapolis, IN
Y-Press is a nonprofit youth-media organization that stresses youth development and leadership skills. We are a youth-driven organization that gives children a voice in the world through journalism. Members build communication skills by producing stories with a youth perspective.
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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
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
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....
Bought by KRZA
- Added: Aug 28, 2012
- Length: 03:31
- Purchases: 1
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
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
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
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
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
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
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....
- Added: Mar 15, 2012
- Length: 03:38
In the last decade in Indiana, about 130 murders were committed by teens, and 79 percent of those involved a firearm. After a Y-Presser lost her co...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Mar 15, 2012
- Length: 03:37
- Purchases: 1
Many immigrants come to America looking for a better life with more opportunities. They come with widely varying levels of education and resources....
- Added: May 18, 2011
- Length: 02:54
Just over 1000 Burmese refugees settled in Indianapolis last year and that number is projected to grow this year.
Carleen Miller, executive direct...
- Added: May 18, 2011
- Length: 03:10
Census figures indicate that Indianapolis’ population has grown 5 percent over the last decade, which is large part (83.4% of which) is due to the ...
- Added: May 18, 2011
- Length: 03:03
This past December, for the second time in the past five years, the DREAM Act did not become a reality.
While the initial reaction for some Latino...
- Added: May 18, 2011
- Length: 03:06
Failing neighborhood schools often have neither the support nor resources to turn themselves around. Jesse Sharkey, Vice President of Chicago Teach...
Bought by WAMC
- Added: Apr 16, 2011
- Length: 03:13
- Purchases: 1
Chicago Public Schools only graduates about half of its seniors each year. For some kids finding a school with a more personal touch is the key.
- Added: Apr 16, 2011
- Length: 03:22
The Chicago public school system aims to educate half a million kids each year. At this time every year, eighth graders are choosing from career ac...
Bought by Public Radio Remix and YouthCast
- Added: Apr 14, 2011
- Length: 03:14
- Purchases: 2
Chicago Public Schools only graduates about half of its seniors each year. To engage kids and keep them in class, some schools are trying unique an...
- Added: Apr 14, 2011
- Length: 03:32
An Annenberg School for Communications 2006 study revealed that of 5,000 movie and TV speaking parts 71 percent were males and only 21 percent were...
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and Radijojo World Children's Radio Network
- Added: Jan 04, 2011
- Length: 02:51
- Purchases: 2
People who work with Y-Press
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Lynn Sygiel (Admin)
Y-Press director |
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Andrea Muraskin (Admin)
Radio Coach, Y-Press, and independent producer |
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