WUNC's Youth Reporting

This summer we continued to adapt to the new normal by running our summer radio institute in a hybrid format. With the American Tobacco Studios as our home base students had the opportunity to work within our newsroom, and from home. Using in-person training, Zoom calls, Instagram, and our curriculum website, we took youth reporters through the process of producing a radio story - from pitching to interviews to script-writing and editing. We worked with 8 high school and college students ages 16-20 from across the Triangle and Triad area.

Raleigh hosted its first RaleighWrld Festival on Aug. 6 where artists, influencers, and vendors were on hand to showcase their talents.

The festival took place at Lincoln Theatre on July 2, 2022.

The singer showed much love to the genre of rock and roll throughout the entire performance.

On February 1, 1960, four North Carolina A&T students went to the F.W. Woolworth in downtown Greensboro to protest segregation at the all-white lunch counter. WUNC Intern Jaisha Smalls highlights the retelling of that story within Greensboro’s Amplify Black Voices Theater Festival.

Today marks three years since the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting. WUNC Youth Reporter Olivia Haynie spoke with peers to reflect on the tragedy and understand how her generation of Jewish youth are coping with the rise in antisemitism in recent years.

WUNC’s 2021 Youth Reporters amplified stories from their communities. Thavish Sindhwani of Cary, North Carolina, spoke with his peers about microaggressions and using dialogue to change school culture.

WUNC’s 2021 Youth Reporters turned on their microphones to collect stories from their communities. Sofía Basurto from Beaufort, N.C., took an introspective look at her Mexican identity.

As they developed their radio journalism skills in a hybrid program, members of WUNC's Youth Reporting Institute unlocked new ways to make connections with various communities while amplifying diverse voices.

Aicha Qandicha is a terrifying and complicated legend in North Africa. Children know that staying out after dark means risking the wrath of the camel-footed jinn. During Spanish and French colonization of Morocco, the boogeywoman was retold as an anti-colonial warrior who seduced then slit the throats of military men. Gnawa musician SamiR LanGus grew up in fear before embracing the nuance of her character.