Louisville Public Media
Engaging Youth in Local Civic News
Started: 2022
- Currently active
- Created by our station
Station type: Radio
Intentionally including youth in our reporting confirms to them that their perspectives are valuable and deserve to be included in the conversation. Louisville’s young community has been highly active in the social justice protests and conversations about climate change, and those in power are now poised to listen. WFPL will increase coverage of issues affecting Louisville’s youth and engage them in civic dialogue. Our efforts will include featuring youth voices in our award winning talk-show, In Conversation, across multiple reporting beats and other projects and collaborations as appropriate.
This project reaches tweens and teens via...
- Directly engaging t(w)eens via activities, events, or programs
- Indirectly reaching t(w)eens via educators, PD, curriculum
- 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
Media making
Public media
Wellness, mental health
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Is this project considered part of the station's journalism work?
Yes
Departments involved:
Education
Newsroom
Production (TV/Radio)
Engagement
Partner organizations involved:
We’ve been working across multiple teams in the WFPL newsroom and Louisville Public Media more broadly. Additionally, we’ve sent a call out on social media to ask for people of all ages, youth included, to describe what home means to them. This is part of a collaboration with Louisville Magazine ahead of the upcoming election. We are also in conversation and collaboration with the 2892 Miles to Go project which engages local teachers to create audio storytelling projects. The goal of the project is to reflect a more inclusive and accurate American history by highlighting place-based stories of people who have traditionally been left out of the historic narrative.
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
Podcast
Facebook
Instagram
Directly engaging tweens and teens in local programming
In this project...
We partner with *local organizations* to host programming
We partner with our *local school district(s)* to host programming
We partner with *national organizations* to host programming
Contact time between youth participants and station staff:
3-10 hours
Contact time between youth participants and partner orgs:
3-10 hours
Indirectly engaging youth via educators, professional development, or curriculum
This project indirectly engages youth by partnering with...
Schools Community-based organizations or nonprofits Other
*2892 Project and Louisville Magazine
Does this project train educators or run a professional development program?
Yes
Does this project create curricula or educational resources for educators to use?
No