8-18 Media is an award
 winning youth news bureau  where kids ages 8 to 18
 report on issues that affect  their lives. Our mission is to  empower young people by  giving them a significant voice  in the world.

 Members work in teams to  produce stories which are  published regularly in  Marquette Monthly magazine  and broadcast weekly on  WMQT-Q107 Radio and  WNMU Public Radio 90 in  Marquette.

 Besides local reporting,  members cover special  projects such as recent  cultural exchanges with youth  in Japan and the 2004  Democratic and Republican  National Conventions. Stories  have appeared in numerous  national outlets including The  Boston Globe, New York  Daily  News, Los Angeles  Times and  The Philadelphia  Inquirer.

 The bureau has approximately  65 members. For
 membership information click  here.
 
 8-18 Media Director
 
 

 Dennis Whitley
 8-18media@chartermi.net
 (906) 226-7874

  
     
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Our youth empowerment journalism program is currently planning for its traditional trips to cover the Democratic National Convention in Denver in late August and the Republican National Convention in Saint Paul in early September. We recently hosted State Representative Steve Lindberg D-Marquette and State Representative Tom Casperson R-Escanaba for some wide-ranging discussions on many issues facing youth. We thank the lawmakers for their time and effort. We will team up with our sister bureau Y-Press of Indianapolis for the convention coverage. The 8-18 Media convention team is currently fundraising to help cover the cost of the two trips. If anyone would like to help us by donating money, Northwest Airlines flight vouchers or frequent flyer miles, or anything that might help us in our project please call or email us at (906) 226-7874 or
8-18media@chartermi.net. Thank you and wish us luck.

 

 

 

 

 
Planning needed to afford rising tuition
With tuition costs climbing higher and higher each year, many kids are faced with challenges when it comes to affording College. Click here to read more.
Parents notified when young drivers get STOPPED
The Graduated Driver Licensing program in Michigan has reduced crashed involving young drivers five to eight percent overall according to state traffic safety officials, but the Michigan Sheriff's Association wants to reduce that number even more. They have come up with a new approach dubbed the "STOPPED Program." Click here to read more.
Children of local soldiers reflect on affects of deployment on their families

Everyday countless stories can be heard concerning the struggles and victories of the over one hundred thousand US troops stationed abroad. These reports account skirmishes in such locations as Baghdad or Fallujah and detail the daily life of those in the armed forces. But rarely do they address the affect of the average soldier’s deployment on his or her family. Click here to read more.

Audio Stories
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Ice Fishing Kids
By Hayley Maskus, 14, Lane Whitley, 13, and Anna Massaro, 9.

Marquette Symphony Youth
By Connor Stulz, 13, and Ben Harris

G is for Goats
By Hayley Maskus, 15, and Danielle Jahnke, 10

Olympic Torch in Ishpeming
By Emily Stulz, 15, and Eric Wagner, 13.

A time for a big change?
A commentary by Ben Harris, 13.

Ann Coulter Visits Marquette
By Lane Whitley, 13, and Ben Harris, 13.

Espanolandia
By Hayley Maskus, 15, Jessica Goodwin, 12, Maggie Guter, 10, and GlenEllen Lehmberg, 10.

8-18 Media Story Archive Click here to go to story archive

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