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Youth Radio S C A National Resource for Media Covera¢e and Involvement of Youth Youth Radio is nationally recognized as a leader and resource for journalists and the media in how to recntit, train, and gain access to young people. As an outreach partner with National Public Radio and through Public Radio News Directors Inc., Youth Radio provides technical assistance for news directors from I50 stations aoound the country on how to work with and cover youth. National exposure and recognition have reinforced the initial successes of Youth Radio. To date, the program has produced several awazd-winning commentaries on KQED-FM, has won three national awards from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), and received first prize in Youth Programming from American Women in Radio and Television. Youth Radio is used as a national model by National Public Radio, and continues to advise stations around the country on how to recruit and train teenage producers. Through the Radio TV News Directors Association (RTNDA), Youth Radio is also active in the Civic Journalism Movement, encouraging journalists to improve election coverage by focusing more on the concerns of communities and less on the public relations activities of candidates and their handlers. By strategically targeting news directors through their professional associations, Youth Radio hopes to bring youth issues and voices to the forefront in current debates on journalism and our society. D Nationally-Recognized Staff and Board of Directors Youth Radio has been able to attract some of the most experienced and visionary professionals in public radio. Network level reporters, producers and editors work directly with our teen reporters while preserving the authenticity of both context and content, as conveyed by the young person. Youth Radio's founder and Executive Director, Ellin O7.eary, is a 20-year veteran news producer with numerous broadcast awards, including two Emmys, and was the founding producer at Youth News in 1979. Youth Radio's Board of Directors includes broadcast managers and professionals of national prominence from a range of organizations including the Latin American Youth Center, Latino USA, KQED-FM, Lucasfilm, Ltd., and the Radio and Television New Directors Foundation (RTNDF). Two of our newest Board members are associated with the Community Endowment Fund and the Hearst Foundation.