| Coming Out as a Teenager in the San Francisco Chronicle |
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I love the "It Gets Better" videos as much as the next gay kid. But I worry the campaign makes it seem like gay teenagers need to stow away in a time capsule until adulthood, when we can feel fulfilled and safe...To find an image of what it can look like to be happy and gay, I only need to look back at my past, not into an imagined future.
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When Youth Radio's Sayre Quevedo watched the "It Gets Better" video series highlighting happy lives of gay adults, he was moved...to mixed feelings.
Want to tune in? Listen to Sayre's story on youthradio.org. Or check out the article in the San Francisco Chronicle, and leave a comment!
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Youth Radio Wins Red Cross Heroes Award, Hires New Education and Production Staff, Publishes Article in the SF Chronicle
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YR Wins Red Cross Heroes Award
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 Every year, the American Red Cross joins with civic leaders to recognize those in local communities who have "shown courage, dedication and character through acts of kindness and heroism." On Thursday, October 7th, Youth Radio was honored as an Act of Courage Hero, for continuing coverage of the Oscar Grant trial and its aftermath, even as violence and chaos erupted in the surrounding streets.
Jacinda Abcarian, Executive Director, accepted the award on behalf of the organization. Congratulations to the Youth Radio reporting staff (pictured above) for their bravery and dedication to producing the highest standard of new media content.
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Youth Radio is pleased to announce that several new media and education staff have joined our family. They are all experienced professionals who will assist Youth Radio to continue to provide high-quality services while producing professional-level media content.
 Our new Education and Career Manager, Janee Carter is a graduate of UC Davis, where she majored in Sociology and African and African-American Studies, Janee has many years of experience in both youth development and workforce training. Her impressive resume includes time spent in Trinidad and Tobago where she completed a documentary film on The Soca Warriors National Football Team.
 La'Trisha Gomer will serve as Media Education Manager for Youth Radio. La'Trisha was born and raised in Oakland, but left her Bay Area roots to attend Howard University in Washington, DC. While in college, she interned for former New York Senator Hillary Rodham-Clinton, Fox 5 News and served as Senior Producer of student training for WHUT-TV. After earning her B.A. in Broadcast Journalism, La'Trisha worked as an accomplished television producer and writer for TV stations in California. In addition to her work in TV news, La'Trisha brings 10 years of youth development experience to Youth Radio.
 Kai Hsing is a video director/producer who honed his chops as part of the Emmy and Webby Award-winning team at Al Gore's cable television and online network Current TV, where he produced short documentaries, an interactive daily news show and led user-generated initiatives that had some of the highest rates of participation on the network. Since leaving Current, he's shot, produced and edited winning promotional content for clients and partners such as Yelp, Flip Video, and Kiva, whose video won a $1 million grant for the organization. Before getting into video production, Kai was a contributing editor for Flavorpill.com, an online magazine and newsletter that has cultivated highly-engaged followers of arts and culture in half a dozen cities in the US and UK. He graduated with Distinction from University College London, where his thesis focused on the cultural economics of user-generated and digital content.
 Martina Tran got her start in community radio with KALX Berkeley almost 10 years ago and was immediately bitten by the bug. Martina went on to work with independent production companies around the San Francisco Bay Area and as Production Coordinator on The Loose Leaf Book Company with Tom Bodett and The Blues, a PRI-distributed documentary. Her Facebook profile lists "Radio! Radio! Radio!" as her only interest, though she also likes books, music, knitting, and tea. Martina recently worked at NFCB as Program Manager, heading up a New Technologies, New Music initiative as well as organizing the annual Community Radio Conference. |
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