Giving Children a Voice Through Journalism
12 Jun 2007
Y-Press, a non-profit youth news bureau based in Indiana, in the United States, is giving young people a voice through journalism. Young reporters, aged 10–13, work with young editors, aged 14–18, to research and write stories.
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While we've taken every precaution to ensure that the content of this article remains intact, it may contain errors.Y-Press, a non-profit youth news bureau based in Indiana, in the United States, is giving young people a voice through journalism. Young reporters, aged 10–13, work with young editors, aged 14–18, to research and write stories.
The young journalists cover the local, regional and national news but can also investigate any international news that is important to them. Correspondents travel across the country covering issues as varied as: the changing culture of the Latino youth, military conscription and the war in Iraq.
Y-Press has been independent since 1999 and it has its own weekly column in The Indianapolis Star, to make sure the voices of young journalists are well and truly heard.
Contact: Y-Press, PO Box 145,
Indianapolis, Indiana,
USA, 46206–0145
Website: www.ypress.org
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