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Communication Timeline 1960 to Present | 1960 | 1970 | 1975 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005| 2006| 2007 | To Return to the Short Version of the Timeline click here. |
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Diversity Among New York Teens, and Our Teen Staff As New York City becomes increasingly diverse ethnically, racially, and culturally, the teen staff at NYC reflect this shift. In particular, the are more Asians, especially from Korea and China. Black and Latino students hail from many more countries in the Caribbean and Africa. White students begin arriving from Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. Tom Brown joins the Youth Communication staff as administrative director. Brown had worked for many years at the Dome Project, where Youth Communication got its start. DOCUMENTS: Keith Hefner publishes an article about the tension between youth empowerment and youth development and how it is balanced at Youth Communication ("The Evolution of Youth Empowerment at a Youth Newspaper," Social Policy, Summer 1988). |
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Major Stories: NYC features cover stories on Voting and Political Participation, College, Family Relations, Pre-Natal Care, Skinheads, Math and Science Education, and Life After High School. Gay and Lesbian Teens: In "What It Means to be 14 and Gay" (Jan./Feb. 1989), Michael Klompus and Christine Johnson profile a lesbian teen who is articulate, out of the closet, and comfortable with her sexuality. This is our 14th story on gay issues since 1981, reflecting Youth Communication's pioneering role in helping to bring the concerns of gay and lesbian youth to the attention of peers and adults, at a time when their concerns are still largely invisible and anti-gay bigotry is widespread.
Straight from Jamaica: In May 1989, reflecting and acknowledging the huge 1980s immigration from Jamaica to New York, Junior Dan (Eric Hall Jr.) begins an NYC column called "Straight from the Yard," written in Jamaican Patois (with accompanying English/Patois glossary).
Teen Staff Profile: In April 1989, Veronica Chambers publishes the first of a dozen reviews and other articles in NYC. She will go on to become an arts and culture editor at Newsweek and author of several books, including the acclaimed memoir Mama's Girl. Tapping the Expertise of Our Teen Writers: NYC teen writers contribute articles to a special New York Newsday edition on summer jobs. Several years earlier, they also contributed to a short-lived teen page in the New York Daily News. |
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Skinheads:
In "Skinheads: Who Are They?" (March 1989), Lester Salvador
takes readers behind the stereotypes as he profiles New York's anti-racist
skinheads.
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