Youthcast Media Group
@YouthcastMGrp
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YMG pays high school students in under-resourced U.S. communities to take training and create multimedia health, road safety and social issue journalism content
DC area, B'more and nationally
Joined March 2017
We’re so proud of our students that we want you to meet them too! We’ve had the joy of watching these outstanding young people grow as they learn journalism from experienced mentors. Learn more about them: #journalism
#socialjustice
#healthjournalism
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Before 988’s launch in July 2022, mental health resources were more difficult to access. Chief medical officers, CEOs and others interviewed by YMG student Oyewumi Oyeniyi elaborate on how 988 could have been helpful in the past. Read more here:
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Anthony Vidal, a YMG student, aspiring journalist and senior at Miami Lakes Educational Center, interviewed NPR anchor and Mexican-American journalist Maria Hinojosa on Saturday about her new book “Once I was You” at the Miami book fair.
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If you're interested in learning these skills-- or anything social media related that would help your students or newspaper staff reach more people Please fill out the survey below #journalismteacher #highschoolteacher #studentjournalism #ymg
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#UPenn’s My Climate Story project allows people in Philadelphia and across the globe to document the personal tolls of climate change. Learn more at
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RT @Surgeon_General: I worry about the growing rates of depression in our nation—particularly among our young people. This #NationalDepress…
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RT @DanGillison: Mental health has now replaced COVID-19 as the top health concern in the U.S. The time to come #Together4MH to bring peop…
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RT @BlockClubCHI: Illinois is getting better at answering calls to its new mental health emergency line. But will Chicago's South Side be l…
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RT @CherokeeNation: Happy Indigenous Peoples Day from all of us here at Cherokee Nation! ✊💛🧡❤️🤎
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RT @SozoseiFdn: Today we recognize the start of Mental Illness Awareness Week. Mental illness affects everyone directly or indirectly throu…
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And, most exciting of all: the fall edition will be out very soon! (I wrote one of the lead stories; @BrieZeltner has the other. And there's a profile of @MylesCaggins) Doesn't get much better than that. Sign up!
Have you heard? Youthcast Media Group™ has a newsletter! 🗞️ Don’t miss out on student stories and recent news—subscribe today for quarterly updates! #YouthcastMediaGroup #ymg #studentjournalism #studentjournalists #journalism
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Have you heard? Youthcast Media Group™ has a newsletter! 🗞️ Don’t miss out on student stories and recent news—subscribe today for quarterly updates! #YouthcastMediaGroup #ymg #studentjournalism #studentjournalists #journalism
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Deadline approaching for two awesome opportunities for high school students! The Canva for Social Media for Journalism Bootcamp and Fall Journalism 2022 Workshop. Private message for more info. Apply Here:
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Betty Bernal of the Residential Construction Workforce Partnership in Providence, RI, discusses how trade classes–offered for free–help community members learn a new skill. Programs like these help close the racial wealth gap #racialwealthgap #eastprovidence #providence #sozosei
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RT @zakwilliams: Dad, on the eighth anniversary of your passing, I'm remembering how incredibly kind and joyful you were. I deeply miss you…
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Members of the organization shared with #YMG how the program was a “safe space” where they learned about the importance of #mentalhealth. Read via the link above to learn more ☝🏻 #lifeafterprison #reading #dcmi #writing #mentalhelp #sozosei #decriminalizementalillnesss
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