Why not turn to your peers for information? Media run by young people can offer the freshest perspectives on global and local issues. Check out these links and let us know of any others we should add!
Media Awarenessyoung at heart
For anyone interested in youth-led or youth-related media. This site, run from Canada in English and French, promotes critical thinking about the media and its role in our lives.
Youth CommHS Hero
New York City-based youth media organization with a focus on youth in foster care. Check out their magazines and art shows.
Youth Out LoudHS Hero
Media outlet providing the mainstream media with youth-produced news stories.
Listen Up!young at heart, HS Hero, campus culture
Listen Up! is a youth media network that connects young video producers and their allies to resources, support, and projects in order to develop the field and achieve an authentic youth voice in the mass media.
Headliners
Young journalists write about what it's like to grow up in the UK today.
One80
All-encompassing Canadian media outlet run by youth, for youth.
Youth Media Info Center
This information center has a long list of media by youth. The Free-Child project also has (http://www.freechild.org/) a larger site dedicated to more general youth-led action.
Quantum Shift TV School Video Contest
Be the Change! Share the Story! School Video Contest is a video contest open to students through grade 12 in schools in Canada and the United States who are changing the world for the better. The grand prize is $50,000 in cash and prizes for your school.
Radio Rookies
Radio Rookies is a New York Public Radio initiative that provides teenagers with the tools and training to create radio stories about themselves, their communities and their world.
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