KBIA
Making Waves Youth Radio
Started: 2014
- No longer active
- Created by another station or organization (and we implement it)
[This program is no longer active — feel free to not include it in the database.]
Making Waves is an educational youth radio initiative in Columbia, Missouri that empowers young people to share their true stories. The program guides teenagers through the process of creating radio journalism pieces by building their skills in writing, interviewing, editing and voicing. The stories are published online, and some air on KBIA-FM, providing teens with a forum to share perspectives that are relevant to the community at large. Making Waves was active from 2014-2017.
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?
Civic engagement
Culture, society
Current affairs
Education
Identity, relationships
Journalism
Life skills, career skills
Media literacy
Media making
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Is this project considered part of the station's journalism work?
Yes
Departments involved:
Newsroom
Engagement
Logo and photo by Kelsey Kupferer
Logo and photo by Kelsey Kupferer
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?
Both youth and adults (in collaboration)
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
We partner with *local organizations* to host programming
We partner with our *local school district(s)* to host programming
Contact time between youth participants and station staff:
11+ hours