WHYY, Inc.
Spoken Youth
Started: 2021
- Currently active
- Created by our station
Station type: Joint license
An outgrowth of our Pathways to Media Careers program, “Spoken Youth” is a radio segment, produced by kids, featuring kids talking about issues important to kids. The kid producers choose the topic, guide the conversation, and record. It’s clean up for broadcast by a producer.
This project reaches tweens and teens via...
- Directly engaging t(w)eens via activities, events, or programs
- Media and/or educational content that is made by, with, or for t(w)eens
What topics does this project focus on?
Culture, society
Education
Identity, relationships
Journalism
Media literacy
Media making
Wellness, mental health
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Is this project considered part of the station's journalism work?
Yes
Departments involved:
Education
Newsroom
Media and/or educational content
Who is the primary audience of the content?
General audience adults
Who creates the media content?
T(w)eens and adults (in collaboration)
*General audience adults*
Who decides the topic areas of the content?
Other
*Youth only
Where is the content shared?
Broadcast radio
Website
Directly engaging tweens and teens in local programming
In this project...
We host programming directly for t(w)eens
Contact time between youth participants and station staff:
11+ hours