With support from the California Arts Council, Youth Radio, DBA YR Media, will release two EPs, each with 6-10 original songs written, recorded, produced, and promoted by youth in our programs. Youth will have hands-on mentorship from professional artists and producers as they lead every aspect of each EP, from theming, to production and recording, to promotion and distribution.
YR Media (formerly Youth Radio) is an Oakland-based, youth-run national network of young journalists and artists who create news and arts content that changes lives and transforms conversations. At our Oakland, CA headquarters, we engage youth ages 14-24 in media and technology training, paid career-track employment, and wraparound support services. Youth advance from training to paid internships, producing content alongside professionals in our Peabody Award-winning newsroom. Their stories are distributed via YR Media’s owner-operated platform to a national audience of culturally engaged, civically curious young people under 30.

