The Santa Fe Reporter is Santa Fe’s News and Culture weekly paper. Read the interview with Youth Media Project Executive Director Judy Goldberg from the July 1, 2009 edition.

Listen to the Youth Media Project’s Carmen Gallegos, Dolna Smithback and Judy Goldberg on Friday morning’s (6/26/09) Radio Cafe on KSFR 101.1 fm with Bill Hutchison. Thanks to Mary Charlotte and KSFR for having us! Click here to listen it.

On June 29, 2009, Carmen Gallegos, Dolna Smithback and Judy Goldberg went to Mystic Seaport, Connecticut for an immersion into the history of American freedom and justice! We are most grateful to the Vessel Foundation for providing this opportunity to expand YMP’s involvement in youth leadership. Our team joined 40 students and teachers from the Global Youth Leadership Institute (GYLI) for an intensive learning experience on the tall ship Amistad.

Teens choose hot topics, get hands-on experience in student-run radio program.

“Brenda Granados and Ronald Orozco sat in front of a computer screen, microphones on a table in front of them and their ears hidden by large, black headphones…”

Read the story.

Most kids their age are so caught up with new technology like iPods and MySpace that they very rarely listen to the radio. And especially not public radio.

But Karmen Gallegos and Lee Merrill are using the radio to explore their interests and inform their peers through the Santa Fe Youth Radio Project, a program started by local radio producer Judy Goldberg.