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RadioActive minis: Get to know this summer's teen journalists

caption: Daniel Colindres-Flores smiles as he works on editing audio next to Rediet Giday at RadioActive Youth Media.
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Daniel Colindres-Flores smiles as he works on editing audio next to Rediet Giday at RadioActive Youth Media.
KUOW Photo/Kelsey Kupferer

This summer, 18 teens from across the Puget Sound region spent a month with RadioActive Youth Media learning how radio stories and podcasts get made at KUOW and — of course — making their own.

Their first challenge? Making mini profile stories about each other! Listen to all their mini stories below to get to know the youth producers.

To hear everything they created, subscribe to the RadioActive podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes are released every Thursday through March 2024.

Summer 2023 RadioActive mini stories:

Daniel Colindres-Flores by Aaron Ton

Aaron Ton's mini story about Daniel Colindres-Flores.

Rediet Giday by Alex Mengisteab

Alex Mengisteab's mini story about Rediet Giday.

caption: Alex Mengisteab (left), Phillip Zhou, Gavin Muhlfelder and Sidh Shroff lounge on a beanbag at RadioActive Youth Media.
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Alex Mengisteab (left), Phillip Zhou, Gavin Muhlfelder and Sidh Shroff lounge on a beanbag at RadioActive Youth Media.
KUOW Photo/RadioActive staff

Aaron Ton by Daniel Colindres-Flores

Daniel Colindres-Flores' mini story about Aaron Ton.

Maymuna Yusuf by Eliham Mohammed

Eliham Mohammed's mini story about Maymuna Yusuf.

Nyla Moxley by Gavin Muhlfelder

Gavin Muhlfelder's mini story about Nyla Moxley.

caption: Hayden Andersen (left) and Taniya Guster record in a KUOW studio.
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Hayden Andersen (left) and Taniya Guster record in a KUOW studio.
KUOW Photo/RadioActive staff

Sidh Shroff by Jana Le

Jana Le's mini story about Sidh Shroff.

Taniya Guster by Jehan Hashi

Jehan Hashi's mini story about Taniya Guster.

Redeat Debebe by Josue Villalobos

Josue Villalobos's mini story about Redeat Debebe.

caption: Jana Le (left), Vivi Cardenas-Habell and Maymuna Yusuf record audio at Seattle Center.
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Jana Le (left), Vivi Cardenas-Habell and Maymuna Yusuf record audio at Seattle Center.
KUOW Photo/Kelsey Kupferer

Eliham Mohammed by Maymuna Yusuf

Maymuna Yusuf's mini story about Eliham Mohammed.

Olivia Asmann by Natalie Lahr

Natalie Lahr's mini story about Olivia Asmann.

Gavin Muhlfelder by Nyla Moxley

Nyla Moxley's mini story about Gavin Muhlfelder.

caption: Alex Mengisteab voices his feature story in a KUOW studio.
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Alex Mengisteab voices his feature story in a KUOW studio.
KUOW Photo/RadioActive staff

Vivi Cardenas-Habell by Phillip Zhou

Phillip Zhou's mini story about Vivi Cardenas-Habell.

Josue Villalobos by Redeat Debebe

Redeat Debebe's mini story about Josue Villalobos.

Alex Mengisteab by Rediet Giday

Rediet Giday's mini story about Alex Mengisteab.

caption: Natalie Lahr and Red Debebe record each other at RadioActive Youth Media.
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Natalie Lahr and Red Debebe record each other at RadioActive Youth Media.
KUOW Photo/RadioActive staff

Natalie Lahr by Olivia Asmann

Olivia Asmann's mini story about Natalie Lahr.

Jehan Hashi by Taniya Guster

Taniya Guster's mini story about Jehan Hashi.

Phillip Zhou by Vivi Cardenas-Habell

Vivi Cardenas-Habell's mini story about Phillip Zhou.

caption: The summer 2023 RadioActive youth producers, mentors and peer mentors.
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The summer 2023 RadioActive youth producers, mentors and peer mentors.
KUOW Photo/Kelsey Kupferer

Support for KUOW's RadioActive comes from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Discovery Center and BECU.

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