Youth-led media

Youth-led media

Youth-Led media is any effort created, planned, implemented, and reflected upon by young people in the form of media, i.e. video, newspapers, websites, etc.

Movement

These efforts form the basis of an international movement born in the early 1970s in Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. by the publishing arm of a left-wing, teen-led organization called Youth Liberation of Ann Arbor, which existed from 1970 to 1980. One of its founders went on to form the New York City-based Youth Communication, a youth-led media program for young people in foster care. Another organization in the early movement was Children's Express, which operates programs around the world.

In the early 1990s this movement gained new expression in the United States in response to growing media bias against youth, i.e. the hyper-sensationalization of youth violence ala "superpredators", and continued to grow due to the "Columbine" shootings. This movement features hundreds of individuals and organizations working across the United States to promote the roles of young people in society and in the media.

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External links

* [http://www.headliners.org/ Headliners]
* [http://www.yealliance.org/ Youth Out Loud!]
* [http://www.18to24bracket.com/ The 18-to-24 Bracket | a journal of youth perspectives on politics]
* [http://www.uthtv.com/ Uth TV] , Original media created by youth for youth.
* [http://www.spunout.ie/ SpunOut.ie] Ireland's largest national youth media organisation
* [http://www.flindersstudents.com/ FlindersStudents] A media service for young people at uni
* [http://www.oneeighty.ca/ One80] is Canada’s largest publication circulated by youth, for youth news medium and a *national award winning volunteer citizen journalism initiative for young people. Working with an audience of youth 14-24 years of age, One80 educates young people in ways to better engage their communities and confront important local issues through a thorough and ethical process in journalism and broadcast media.


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