Youth Produced

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Meet KUOW's Summer 2019 RadioActive youth producers

KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media is proud to offer our 16th annual summer Intro to Radio Journalism Workshop. Sixteen teens, aged 15-18, will spend seven weeks learning what it means to be a radio journalist. During that time, they'll do all of the research, interviews, writing, voicing and editing it takes to produce their own feature stories and podcasts.
RadioActive Youth Media
Politics

'They're so complacent.' What these youth activists say about grown-ups

When a group of K-12 students confronted Senator Dianne Feinstein for not supporting the Green New Deal, she put up her dukes. "I've been doing this for thirty years," Senator Feinstein said. "I know what I'm doing. You come in here and say, it's my way or the highway. I don't respond to that." Local youth activists Lukas Illa and Grace Lambert weren't surprised by this reaction, and sat down with RadioActive's Jadenne Radoc Cabahug to share their experiences.
Jadenne Radoc Cabahug
Arts & Life

The unlikely friendship of a baby donkey and a dog named Ranger at the Sammamish Animal Sanctuary

Last year 40 animals were rescued by the Sammamish animal sanctuary. While many shelters take in dogs and cats, this sanctuary focuses on rescuing farm animals.
Medha Kumar
Politics

How to be a feminist, and other lessons from my grandma’s badass friend

In recent years, modern movements like the Women’s March and #MeToo have garnered widespread momentum. Ninety-year-old Alene Moris started fighting the battle for women’s rights long ago.
Lila Shroff
Arts & Life

This documentarian makes you walk a mile in someone else’s shoes

Can a documentary inspire social change? Filmmaker Sandy Cioffi is using the emerging world of virtual reality to evoke empathy from viewers.
Meghana Kakubal
Arts & Life

'I think I can still save her.' How one immigrant teen supports her mother and sister

Teenagers have really busy lives. School, sports, clubs, jobs and more. When you're the oldest child in an immigrant family, there can be even more pressure to succeed. Maria is one of these teens. She found the burden to be almost too much.
Kamil Saad
Health

Why I stopped looking at depression memes even though some of them were really funny

If you've ever been online, you've probably seen plenty of memes. Kermit the Frog drinking tea is a famous one. They are often humorous, but there's a darker side of internet memes that focus on depression.
Zuheera Ali
Education

Should you pursue your passion in college or a degree that would make you money?

Over the last ten years, the number of students majoring in the arts and humanities at the University of Washington has dropped significantly. That’s no surprise when STEM and Business degrees are touted as more valuable. What do you do when society tells you that the passion or skill you’ve decided to pursue in college won’t give you a sustainable lifestyle?
Soraya Marashi
Education

Pressure, insomnia and hospitalization: The new normal for students applying to college

"If you had asked me if I would chop my leg off if it meant admission to Stanford, I would say yes in a millisecond."
Meghana Kakubal

Lila Shroff

Soraya Marashi
Arts & Life

Why does it matter where I'm 'really' from?

People often find ways to identify with and exclude others. We categorize ourselves by using gender, class, race and even age to connect with people like ourselves or separate ourselves from others. As a society, why are we more comfortable questioning our sexuality than our nationality and ethnicity?
Kamil Saad

Jadenne Radoc Cabahug

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