2018 Youth Reporting Institute

The 2018 cohort of the Youth Reporting Institute and their work.

My mom is white. My dad is Indian. This leaves me with brown skin. When I was younger, I didn’t pay much attention to the fact that I was brown-- it was…

Hayden Davis is an 18 year old Biomedical Engineering student at UNC Chapel Hill. He drives between work and home in his 2004 Honda Accord most weekdays.…

In light of the school shooting epidemic across the U.S., many teens have become more active within their local communities and are taking a stand for…

Language is one of the first things you learn growing up, but when you’re a first or second generation immigrant, it’s hard. Balancing both English and…

When I was a little girl, I lived with my grandfather for a while and I remember hearing him talk about his gun. I never really saw his gun growing up,…

Youth Radio reporters at the annual Summer Youth Reporting Institute pitch, report, write and produce radio news stories on assignment for broadcast on…