Today is May Day

For the past two years the first of May has seen major mobilizations in the immigrants right’s movement. Today is no exception. From Youth Radio LA’s blog:
People are planning to mobilize in Los Angeles in recognition of workers’ rights, immigrants’ rights, and in solidarity with those who make global consumer culture and economy churn everyday. [...]

Popularity to the Extreme

What do eight teens do when they are bored? Well, in Polk County, Florida, eight teens decided to invite a sixteen year old girl over and beat her up. The motive was so to film it and put it online, for the eight to gain popularity. The popularity was not what they expected, its a [...]

Where I Get My News

[Ed. Note: This week's Question is: When it comes to News, who do you trust. Nico Savidge of Meet The Mess and The Savidge World of Sports reports in.]
My dad likes to wake up early in the morning and enjoy is coffee with a copy of the New York Times in front of him. [...]

Who Do You Trust? [News edition]

This week’s question is pretty straightforward:
When it comes to news, who do you trust?
Youth Radio LA comes through with our first responses:
When it come to the news, I only trust to a certain point because lies are often told but quickly covered up…!!
Jasmine Epps, Age 15
I Trust NBC. The news casters seem more professional [...]

Question of the Week

We’re on a newsroom editorial retreat today, so don’t expect any fresh blogging till late or tomorrow. Still, don’t think this lets you off the hook.  I’ve got a little homework for you– the Question of the Week:
When it comes to news, who do you trust? 

English Teacher Gone Wild

[ News Commentary by Ankitha Bharadwaj ]
This past Tuesday (March 11, 200 one Bay Area teacher took his duty of watching over children a little too literally. David Lista, an English teacher at Mills High school in Millbrae installed discrete cameras in the girls’ bathroom and recorded hours of pornographic footage. Creepy much?
And to [...]

An American In Jerusalem

Last week’s shooting attack on a yeshiva (a Jewish seminary school) in Jerusalem left us wondering what life must be like in Israel these days. It had been a few years since that kind of violence occurred in Jerusalem itself.
Editor Ben Simrin, who has studied in Jerusalem himself, spoke over the phone via Skype to [...]

UNC Murder Case Break

One suspect charged, another sought, in UNC murder
DURHAM, N.C.—Police have arrested and charged 21 year old  Demario James Atwater with first degree murder in the slaying of University of North Carolina student Eve Carson.  Authorities are currently looking for 17-year-old Lawrence Alvin Lovett Jr., who also faces first degree murder charges.
Carson, a pre-med student and [...]

Afternoon Youth Beat Roundup

Not a lot from the youth media orgs today, so here’s a few mainstream articles to contemplate before dinner… or over that really late lunch.
Sexual Revolution in China? [CNN]

China is in the midst of a sexual revolution, a byproduct of rising prosperity and looser government restrictions on private life. The relaxed attitudes about sex [...]

Mid Day Mainstream Roundup

Here’s what people are talking about around the country and world today:
Ecoterroism in Seattle? [CNN]- The ‘Street of Dreams” was in flames this morning north of Seattle as 5 multi-million dollar homes burned in the subdivision. A sign with the letters “ELF”, which could stand for the Earth Liberation Front- a group the FBI has [...]