Knight News Challenge and March News

Help Youth Radio Win the 2012 Knight News Challenge Forage City Phone

#ForageCity is in Round 1 of the 2012 Knight News Challenge with a shot at winning a major grant to roll out our app. This challenge is all about networks, so please go to the #ForageCity page and engage!

Ways To Engage:

1. Check out the #ForageCity entry and read all about the project. Follow the links and have a good time, but be sure to come back and share your opinion!

2. Scroll down to "Like" and "Add New Comments."

3. When you "Like": Share info on your Facebook and Twitter accounts with links provided -- sample Tweets below.

4. When you Add New Comments: Click "Post As." Enter your preferred email address and screen name, and that's it! You can input as a Guest, or through your favorite social network.

Sample Tweets

Tweet the Knight News Challenge @knightfdn and tell them why you love @YouthRadio's #ForageCity app: bit.ly/GClKVP

See the latest app by @YouthRadio's Mobile Action Lab and help them win the 2012 Knight News Challenge for Networks: bit.ly/GClKVP

Youth Radio Examines Trayvon Martin Case on KQED

Youth Radio's Jabari Gray (right) with his father Gerald Gray

Youth Radio Development Officer Jabari Gray and Peer Teacher Myles Bess aired on KQED's "Forum With Michael Krasny" for a conversation between local African American men about the Trayvon Martin shooting. Click here to listen. Gray also sat down with his father Gerald Gray to discuss how racial profiling has affected their multi-racial family. This conversation, along with youth responses to race and the murder of Trayvon Martin, appeared on Turnstyle and aired on KALW.

Mobile App Lab Presents at Digital Media & Learning Conference

Youth Radio's Lissa Soep and Asha Richardson presented #ForageCity and the organization's model for improving communities through mobile apps on a panel at the 2012 Digital Media and Learning Conference in San Francisco. Education Week posted a follow-up story to the presentation in its Digital Education blog.

Winter Core and Bridge Students Graduate

Youth Radio held a vibrant graduation ceremony for Winter Core and Bridge graduates this month. Tyler Brown, Senior Audio Advertising Producer at Pandora Internet Radio, delivered the keynote address. Youth Radio Board Member Richard Raya presented certificates to Core and Bridge graduates. The ceremony was followed by dinner from Youth Radio Eats and a lively performance from Youth Radio's Remix Your Life.

Youth Radio Celebrates Community Artist Collaboration

Seven time Academy Award-winner Gary Rydstrom Talks With Youth After His Presentation

Youth Radio unveiled its soundscape and color installation, Color and Climate: A Vertical Landscape of Sound, at a packed event earlier this month. The installation is the outcome of Youth Radio's collaboration with visual artist Lois Wachner Solomon. Gary Rydstrom, Academy-Award winning sound designer and Youth Radio board member, delivered an interactive presentation on his process designing sound for movies like Titanic, Star Wars Episode I and Saving Private Ryan. The event also showcased the work of Ms. Solomon and graphic artist Jonathan Holt.

Youth Radio Investigates on National Geographic

"What Air Pollution Sounds Like In L.A." by Youth Radio's Sayre Quevedo was published on National Geographic's NewsWatch Blog. Part of the NSF-funded Youth Radio Investigates series, the piece is an interview between Sayre and UC Berkeley professor Greg Niemeyer, who takes air quality measurements in Los Angeles and turns them into music.