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Census figures indicate that Indianapolis’ population has grown 5 percent over the last decade, which is large part (83.4% of which) is due to the ...

  • Added: May 18, 2011
  • Length: 03:03

  • Added: May 09, 2011
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 1
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The changing culture of concussions in youth sports

  • Added: May 04, 2011
  • Length: 03:56
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Examining diversity in the newsroom and the news, trends of coverage of different ethnicities, and why the future may provide hope for more points ...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2011
  • Length: 03:49
Caption: Miami University's Pan-Hellenic Council , Credit: http://www.orgs.muohio.edu/panhellenic/officers.htm
Miami University's Pan-Hellenic Council has moved mountains in order to reshape its sororities' reputation--but they still aren't happy. Molly Dob...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2011
  • Length: 03:25
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When Africans want to escape political persecution, they often come seeking asylum in the U.S. But getting here often involves being smuggled from...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
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When Africans want to escape political persecution, they often come seeking asylum in the U.S. But getting here often involves being smuggled from...

Bought by WDSE


  • Added: Apr 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Messages from Japan, Credit: Eleanor Graf
Akinori Adachi is an exchange student from Japan who is currently studying in Maine. He says that before the nuclear crisis in Fukushima caused by ...

Bought by KZYX and WMPG


  • Added: Apr 19, 2011
  • Length: 01:19
  • Purchases: 2
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Failing neighborhood schools often have neither the support nor resources to turn themselves around. Jesse Sharkey, Vice President of Chicago Teach...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 16, 2011
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 1
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For most women, the way their pregnancy, labor, and recuperation is handled by the correctional system has a lot to be desired. But there are some...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 30, 2011
  • Length: 09:35
  • Purchases: 2
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Youth Radio has a new blog! We are excited to offer a space where youth, ages 12-30, can have a voice on important topics and issues of interest. W...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2011
  • Length: 07:59
Caption: Teacher Joe Curtis working with a student at Hardy Elementary School in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Credit: Emily Hanford
Kids need good teachers. It’s something people know instinctively. But experts disagree over how to measure teacher quality. (8/26/2010)

Bought by WMUU-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KPIP-LP, KMUZ, WTIP and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
Caption: City High School students Grace and A watch the President, Credit: Sarah Bromer
Teenagers at City High School in downtown Tucson share their reactions to the tragic shooting on January 8, 2011. (Long and short version)

  • Added: Jan 15, 2011
  • Length: 08:00
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Teenager A. Greene interviews young people waiting in line to see Obama's memorial speech in Tucson.

Bought by KBRP Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 14, 2011
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Jan 06, 2011
  • Length: 02:12
  • Purchases: 1
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An Annenberg School for Communications 2006 study revealed that of 5,000 movie and TV speaking parts 71 percent were males and only 21 percent were...

Bought by WXDU, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jan 04, 2011
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 3
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Suicides among LGBT youth have been a major topic in the news the last few months.

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Nov 30, 2010
  • Length: 05:10
  • Purchases: 1
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Seeing a bully in a new light.

  • Added: Nov 22, 2010
  • Length: 06:45
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In Timor-Leste, members of Martial Arts Groups outnumber the local police officers forty-five to one and are legendary for the violence they have w...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2010
  • Length: 08:18
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A rare generational discussion on the Vietnam War

  • Added: Aug 08, 2010
  • Length: 28:00
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The New York Times recently referred to today's youth - the "digital natives" - as "Generation Plagiarism." What do young people have to say about ...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2010
  • Length: 03:43
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South African Youth Delegate Bonolo Cebe talks about attending the first African Youth Forum and representing African Youth at the upcoming African...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2010
  • Length: 03:46
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It seems like social networking is sticking around for a bit longer.

  • Added: Jun 03, 2010
  • Length: 02:29
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Older, middle and younger generations discuss the changes in political correctness over time.

  • Added: May 31, 2010
  • Length: 01:19:50
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There’s a new sound rippling across the capital of Afghanistan. It’s skateboarders trying out new moves at Kabul’s first-ever skateboarding school...

  • Added: May 07, 2010
  • Length: 05:16