To get a youth perspective on the 2008 Presidential Elections, WKCD has teamed up with the youth-led news bureau, Y-Press, based in Indianapolis. Originally part of the Children’s Express, Y-Press has nurtured young journalists for almost 20 years. Their stories and articles—on local, national, and global topics—appear weekly in The Indianapolis Star (348,000 circulation). The Y-Press web site is updated regularly and encourages external submissions and comments about youth-written stories and reviews.
Here, for the next ten months, Y-Press reporters will be posting:
- stories about the campaign, the candidates, and youth perspectives on the political process
- profiles and interviews with young political activists
- results from surveys they’ve created to gather information from youth nationwide about the candidates and the issues most important to young people
- reports from the floor at both of this summer’s national conventions.
Check back often (or create an RSS feed) to keep up with this special “youth beat” on Election 2008.
Stories:
When the Most Connected Generation and Politics Unite, April 3, 2008
Young Inner-city Teens List Community Improvement and School Safety As Top Concerns, March 6, 2008
Youth Put Partisanship Aside, Search for Common Ground, January 30, 2006
Profiles of young political activists:
David Burstein, 19, Weston, Connecticut
Asher Heimermann, 14, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Jonathan Lykes, 17, East Cleveland, Ohio
Nic Morden, 13, Spokane, Washington
Rachel Swanson, 15, Lexington, Kentucky
Shosana Akabas
Raheel Anwer
Beth Foster
Nik Ritchie
Megan Waggoner
Audio commentaries:
On John McCain’s recent town hall meeting in Indianapolis
