Youth+Radio,+Oakland

(background taken from Youth Radio home page at http://www.youthradio.org/about/who-we-are)

Founded in 1990, [|Youth Radio] taps into the "creativity, technical skills and entrepreneurial spirit" of underserved 14-24 year-olds in Oakland, CA, and leverages interdisciplinary media projects to prepare students to serve as leaders and mentors in the community and marketplace.

The funding for Youth Radio has been secured thanks to the following [|partners] from the Bay Area and beyond.

Some of Youth Radio's accomplishments include:
 * More than 300 reports and commentaries broadcast each year on NPR, CNN.com and iTunes and on public radio stations across the country. An estimated 27 million people hear and read the often overlooked perspectives of young people through Youth Radio’s work each year.
 * Prestigious awards, including a //George Foster Peabody Award//, two //Edward R. Murrow Awards// and the //Alfred I. DuPont/Columbia University Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism//.
 * Seventeen years ago San Francisco’s KQED broadcast Youth Radio’s first two minute youth commentary.

Youth Radio and EVC: Different coasts, similar philosophies

Critical reflection on Youth Radio, Oakland, by Jonathan and Christian