Young caregiver and experts talk about the challenges of being a youth caregiver By Yesenia Barrios Abigail Gafter was 12 years old when she started taking care of her great uncle. He was obese, had substance use disorder, and depression. “It’s almost like being a parent with a newborn going ‘okay, where do I have...
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College Corner: Original YMG student Erin Burnett aims to be major player in broadcast news; ‘It was what I have been put on Earth to do’
By Aileen Delgado Erin Burnett, 20, is a sophomore at the University of Maryland College Park studying Broadcast Journalism, and was among the 20 students who formed the first Youthcast Media Group (then Urban Health Media Project) class in 2017. Erin Burnett, part of Youthcast Media Group’s inaugural class, is now a sophomore in college...
How a counselor shortage is hurting students struggling with anxiety, depression
School counselor retention was already a problem before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to mental health experts. They said it's only gotten worse in recent years. By Nicole Cortes, Zioni Moore and Whitney Souffrant This story was published to USA TODAY on April 21, 2022. It's a typical school day at Miami Lakes Educational Center located in this northwestern...
YMG trains student journalists for social media’s new wild frontier — TikTok
@youthcastmedia (Part 2) Elijah, 16, has dealt with #mentalhealth issues since he was 2. He and his mom sat down with us to talk about what it’s like being him, and how important it is to #DecriminalizeMentalIllness. #YouthcastMediaGroup #MentalIllnessIsNotACrime #988hotline #suicideprevention #crisisintervention #MentalHealthMatters #Philadelphia #MothersAndSons ♬ Forever - Labrinth By Brie Zeltner It wasn’t long...
YMG-sponsored interns Sincere Rodriguez and Caroline Figueroa shine at Philadelphia Tribune
Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School student Caroline Figueroa at The Philadelphia Tribune, where she is an intern sponsored by Youthcast Media Group. By Aileen Delgado Youthcast Media Group launched a partnership this year with Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School, a college preparatory school that offers a work-study program for all of its students. Students...
OMG! We’re YMG now. Here’s Y …
By Jayne O'Donnell Hi, I’m Jayne from Youthcast Media Group™ (YMG). Boy, it’s going to be awhile before that rolls off my tongue. But it’s true — starting this week — so let me explain. In late 2016, former Washington public health commissioner Dr. Reed Tuckson and I formed a health journalism training program for...
IMessage Saviors
November, 2018 Four African American teenaged girls started a group-chat that was originally intended to be about gossip and interesting situations they’d come across in their communities. However, it wound up leaving a more serious mark on each of its members. As the members became more open to each other, the group chat slowly...
Erasing the stigma: How shame about mental health has affected African-American families for generations
October, 2018 Sidney Davis did not want to be known as that kid. The one with the mental illness. Davis has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, but she didn’t want people to know. So she hid it. Growing up, her parents didn’t talk about things like that. So neither did she. “It’s hard to talk to...
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July 2, 2019
Cycle of Poverty Hard to Break Across Generations of Families
Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, is shown being interviewed by UHMP intern and New York University freshman Sierra Lewter. (Photos: By Antonio Hardy)After growing up in foster care, Chanel Feyh, 41, had built an amazing life in New York City. An apartment and her own business. Then she got...