Engaging Youth Through Radio Project

Series produced by WTIP

Caption: WTIP Youth Radio Project, Credit: Carah Thomas
Image by: Carah Thomas 
WTIP Youth Radio Project 

WTIP's "Engaging Youth Through Radio" project features the work of YRP students. These short 3- to 5-minute features are by youth for youth, and explore issues and themes with a youth focus.

WTIP’s "Engaging Youth through Radio" project provides local youth with enhanced opportunities for self-exploration, self-expression, and community involvement by promoting their unique perspectives and highlighting their valuable contributions. This series features these students and the audio documentaries they've created that reflect the concerns and opinions of the local youth culture.


152 Pieces

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Caption: Shawn & Sterling, Credit: Kelly Schoenfelder
Why spend an entire summer writing audio commentaries and interviewing strangers? In this commentary from WTIP Youth Radio Project producers Shawn ...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2012
  • Length: 02:22
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Audrey Summers of WTIP North Shore Community Radio's Youth Radio Project knows who she is, but what does that mean? What if she changed? In this co...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2012
  • Length: 02:25
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Why would you want to run during the hot summer months? Audrey Summers of the WTIP Youth Radio Project does just that. What it is that drives her? ...

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  • Added: Jun 19, 2012
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 1
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Cedar Adams is a junior at Cook County High School in Grand Marais, Minnesota, and a member of WTIP North Shore Community Radio's Youth Radio Proje...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2012
  • Length: 02:08
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Are today's young people too plugged in? Is the wide variety of technology at their fingertips detrimental to their schoolwork/driving/futures? WTI...

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  • Added: Jul 27, 2012
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 1
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What does it mean to be successful? In this vox pop, WTIP Youth Radio Project producers Sterling Anderson and Shawn Neuwirth asked people what succ...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2012
  • Length: 02:17
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We all know what success is, but how do you define failure? If you miss reaching a goal – does that mean you failed? Audrey Summers of WTIP's Youth...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2012
  • Length: 04:12
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Is internet addiction a real thing? Are young people too plugged in? Sterling Anderson of WTIP's Youth Radio Project considers these questions in t...

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  • Added: Jul 27, 2012
  • Length: 04:14
  • Purchases: 1
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The tradition of Christmas isn’t something you think about much during the summertime. However, in this commentary, youth producer Michaela Peterso...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2012
  • Length: 05:03
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In America, we have many different traditions. Thanksgiving, the Olympics, the Superbowl. But how do we know when traditions should end? WTIP youth...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2012
  • Length: 03:07
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Recently, you have probably heard a lot about how today's youth will not have as good of a life as their parents did. For Sterling Anderson of WTIP...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2012
  • Length: 02:38
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Will today's youth be more successful than their parents? Michaela Peterson of WTIP North Shore Community Radio’s Youth Radio Project isn’t sure t...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2012
  • Length: 03:54
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In an effort to understand more about what college students get out of their education, WTIP North Shore Community Radio's Youth Radio Project read...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 16:37
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What sort of summer job did you have this year? The WTIP Youth Radio Project took to the halls of Cook County High School in Grand Marais, Minnesot...

  • Added: Sep 07, 2012
  • Length: 01:28
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Right now, there are about 1.3 million unemployed 16- to 19-year olds who are looking for work. But what does that mean? John Challenger is CEO of ...

  • Added: Sep 07, 2012
  • Length: 11:27
Caption: Stonebridge Singers, Credit: Stephan Hoglund
The Stonebridge Singers Drum is a group of young men from the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. The group includes John Vogel, Trevor D...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2012
  • Length: 10:49
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For many high school students, band is a great way to participate in the arts and express themselves musically. The WTIP Youth Radio Project took t...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2012
  • Length: 01:52
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Living with diabetes is hard, especially if you're an 8th grader. In this feature, WTIP's Youth Radio Project presents Daphne Lacina, reading her p...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 03:49
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In this year's election, young people turned out in massive numbers to vote for their candidates. So, you might ask, what role do youth play in civ...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 11:21