Our Radio Programming
For 20 years, Youth Radio has partnered with public and commercial media to distribute our students' commentaries and news reports to broadcast audiences around the San Francisco Bay Area and nationally. Our broadcast outlets include KCBS AM, KQED FM, WABE FM, KPCC FM, National Public Radio's All Things Considered and Morning Edition, and American Public Media's Marketplace shows.
Through our bureaus in Oakland, Washington D.C., Atlanta, and Los Angeles, and our Curating Youth Voices partnerships with youth media groups around the country, Youth Radio's award-winning radio production set the standard for our online social enterprise, Youth Media International.
Stories from our Bureaus
Atlanta
Mixed Messages On Asperger's And The Conn. School Shooting
January 14, 2013
This story was published on VOX.By Mahmood ThompsonWhen I heard the news about the Dec. 14 elementary school shootings in Newtown, Conn. after Friday...Read more
Ban The Box: Cutting Criminal History From Job Applications
August 13, 2012
Back To School Bubble Burst By The School Lottery
August 3, 2012
DC
Guns Vs Pencils: Plenty Of Lead But No Erasers
March 11, 2013
Editor’s note: The recent news coverage of gun violence in the United States has spotlighted the victims of shootings, like 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton. But...Read more
D.C.'s Experiment To Reform Youth Incarceration
October 26, 2012
A Lone Holdout for the Dream Job
September 26, 2011
Los Angeles
Gun Violence Has To Stop
January 14, 2013
This story was published on L.A. Youth.By Susie ParkI was checking my email after school on Friday, Dec. 14 when I saw a headline...Read more
Struggling With OCD
December 5, 2012
My Future's On Hold
December 4, 2012
Bay Area
Learning The Language Of Computers
May 17, 2013
The following aired on KCBS. By: Saleeha BeyWhen most people turn on their computer they go straight for Facebook, Twitter, or Youtube. They see...Read more
Sending Messages: Voices From Juvenile Detention
May 16, 2013
LA Times Op-Ed: Standards Needed for Solitary Confinement
May 14, 2013
