KUNR’s Youth Media program is a special partnership with the Washoe County School District and Report for America to train the next generation of journalists and to elevate the voices of teenagers in our region.
Students work with media professionals to produce creative audio stories that matter to them. To learn more about how the program works, check out this article for the Radio Television Digital News Association.
This program was formerly called Reno Youth Radio.
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Celeste Rizo/KUNR Youth MediaRecent elections have shown that more young people are voting - and that rate is only expected to grow in future elections. KUNR Youth Media Reporter Celeste Rizo explores the support local high school students have been receiving during this election cycle so far. -
Lucia Starbuck/KUNR Public RadioKUNR Youth Media student reporters crafted questions for Washoe County School Board candidates. KUNR’s Lucia Starbuck and Nick Stewart break down what local high school students are concerned about this election and what the candidates had to say.
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KUNR Youth Media is an award-winning program that trains high school students to be radio reporters. As part of KUNR’s 2022 election coverage, our spring 2022 cohort has created a questionnaire for all of the candidates running for a seat on the Washoe County School District Board of Trustees. This election cycle, there are three candidates running for the school board seat in District B. -
KUNR Youth Media is an award-winning program that trains high school students to be radio reporters. As part of KUNR’s 2022 election coverage, our spring 2022 cohort has created a questionnaire for all of the candidates running for a seat on the Washoe County School District Board of Trustees. This election cycle, there are three candidates running for the school board seat in District C.
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KUNR Youth Media is an award-winning program that trains high school students to be radio reporters. As part of KUNR’s 2022 election coverage, our spring 2022 cohort has created a questionnaire for all of the candidates running for a seat on the Washoe County School District Board of Trustees. This election cycle, there are three candidates running for the school board seat in District D.
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2022 Elections: Washoe County School Board At-Large District F candidate surveys by KUNR Youth MediaKUNR Youth Media is an award-winning program that trains high school students to be radio reporters. As part of KUNR’s 2022 election coverage, our spring 2022 cohort has created a questionnaire for all of the candidates running for a seat on the Washoe County School District Board of Trustees. This election cycle, there are five candidates running for the school board seat in at-large District F.
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KUNR’s Youth Media program is training the next generation of journalists and elevating the voices and perspectives of high school students in our region. Student reporters produce interviews, audio diaries, commentaries and news stories that air and publish on KUNR. Get to know this semester’s student reporters below.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has put a spotlight on the importance of mental health. For students at one high school in Reno, many are grappling with mental health issues created by a mixture of pandemic anxiety along with changes to their academic routines and limited socialization. KUNR Youth Media’s Nick Stewart explores this issue and how art can help.
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Despite the pandemic bringing about many negative emotions, Reno High senior Fiona Perrault has used the extra time at home to work on her own personal development. To learn more, KUNR Youth Media’s Kathleen Leslie talked to Fiona about the process of becoming more comfortable with herself and how she’s honed her creative writing.
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During pandemic-related business closures, one of the hardest things for Reno resident Lori Perreault was not being able to attend concerts. In an interview for KUNR Youth Media, Lori sat down with her daughter Fiona to share a memory of a wild concert experience from her past.
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Twins Duncan and Kendall Richter moved to Mexico in 2009 when they were six years old. In this conversation, KUNR Youth Media reporter Kendall Richter sat down with her brother to explore the emotions and challenges he faced during this experience and how he overcame them.
