A coupla actions 4 you: Follow us on TikTok as our young people explain #dcmi, the decriminalization of mental illness, in their creative ways and tag #ymgpetcontest in a post about how your pet boosts your #mentalhealth (check out me, Mickey Fernie & Toby in video) #whatagoodboy

I’m going Live tomorrow night with #tiktokinfluencer and Youthcast Media Group social media instructor @comrade_sinque Sat night at 8 pm EST. Help us get our followers past 1k so we can! Check out MaddieFromSocial's video about it. #TikTok tiktok.com/t/ZTdt5vBo7/?k…

Less than 3 hours…follow us!

Great to see and hear again from one of our CristoReyPhilly students on this important topic! Kayla’s been published in Philadelphia Tribune and more…

Post-decades of DC reporting, it’s NBD to meet feds or pols, but great to meet ⁦Atul Gawande⁩ IRL ⁦Foreign Policy⁩ event I’m moderating 4:30 panel at. Read him for yrs/intvw for USATODAY⁩ usatoday.com/story/news/pol… ⁦& talked re: ⁦Youthcast Media Group⁩ of course!

Moderating 4:30 pm panel ⁦⁦Foreign Policy⁩ Global Health Forum w/ ⁦⁦Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center⁩ ‘s Dr. Kingham, ⁦⁦Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center⁩ ‘s Dr Lopes Jr & ⁦⁦AstraZeneca⁩ ‘s Dave Frederickson. Tune in now! foreignpolicy.com/watch #fp foreignpolicy.com/watch

Lulua, a middle schooler from Rhode Island, explains what #FoodDeserts are and how #FoodSubsidies can help solve #FoodInsecurity. She emphasizes how the cycle of food inaccessibility affects mainly Black and Latinx households: #TeenReporting #YouthcastMediaGroup #YMG #Education

So exciting to have our students’ first story pubbed in the new NABJ Black News & Views publication! It’s headed by ex- USA TODAY colleague Melanie Eversley We’ve been in touch w/Larry & Donald for almost 5 years since meeting them through Living Classrooms in #baltimore hey @jarrad_tweets ! x.com/youthcastmgrp/…

Rhode Island middle schooler Kevin interviews a party planner on how #COVID19 hurt business. New RWJF report finds workers who were low-income, self-employed, #Black, #Hispanic, or women saw the largest increases in unpaid absences. 👇🏻 rwjf.org/en/library/res…

Radiah is oft-published and…only just now starting college!

⁦The New Yorker Humor⁩ on school media: The paper will enter the modern media landscape by no longer having a supervisor, office, or e-mail address. Instead, students are encouraged to just text each other gossip or start pseudonymous Instagram accounts. newyorker.com/humor/daily-sh…

Love everything about this picture! It was a big deal for YMG to be asked to have a student do this interview! And that Anthony did a great job while clearly enjoying himself is so cool. He had/has a great mentor in Alan Gomez - and it shows.

Such a powerful and beautifully written story by my terrific former colleague ⁦Ken Alltucker⁩ Such an important topic that deserves more attention. Over 940 kids killed during custody battles: Advocates demand reform usatoday.com/story/news/nat…

Love this column about ⁦⁦Youthcast Media Group⁩! We DO have many hs & college students who want to be journalists ie UMD senior Erin Burnett, who has interned at WBAL TV & Today Show. Our diverse youth’s journalism skills will boost any of their careers! washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/…

Thank you, BMSG!

Join us this Thursday to learn about how GHSA and General Motors are helping State Highway Safety Offices and nonprofits pilot different approaches to raise awareness of the dangers of distracted driving. Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… Target Zero Youthcast Media Group Jayne O'Donnell

🚨 THIS THURSDAY! 🚨 Learn how GHSA and General Motors are helping pilot different approaches to raise awareness of the dangers of distracted driving through technology, local outreach, youth engagement and more. Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… Target Zero Youthcast Media Group Jayne O'Donnell