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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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Staffing Improves Program Quality How Does One Staff a Quality Youth Journalism Program? Prior to 1989, Youth Communication had never had two full-time adult editors, the bare minimum for publishing a quality monthly teen-written magazine. Without at least two full-time editors, teen writers do not get the attention they need, and adult editors are always at risk of burning out. In 1989 we finally obtain sufficient funding to hire two full-time editors on New Youth Connections, and the results are heartening. For the first time, the editors have time to challenge every teen writer to take each story as far as he or she can take it. The overall quality of the magazine increases. One important piece of evidence: we begin getting a steady stream of requests to reprint our stories in other newspapers, magazines, textbooks, and professional journals. Carol Kelly joins NYC as editor, and becomes managing editor the next year; then leaves for jobs at Newsday, the Boston Globe, and The Wall Street Journal. |
1989 to 1990 1989 to 1990 |
Major NYC Stories: We publish cover stories and supplements on Teens and the Elderly, Smart Shopping, Surviving High School, Teens with Disabilities, and Conflict Resolution. Increased financial support means that NYC has two full-time adult editors for the first time Central American Journey: Lisa Mockler creates an evocative portrait of a summer spent in Central America in "What I Learned in Nicaragua" (Dec. 1989), an experience that leads her to reexamine her own culture and values. Youth Communication articles encourage writers and readers to challenge their assumptions about themselves and others. Going
to the Source: David Quiles Guzman, in "The Life and Times
of a Decepticon" (March 1990), interviews a former member of
this legendary New York City gang (something a New York Times
article, written about the same time, failed to do). Because NYC
reporters are teens, they often have better access to certain kinds
of stories and sources than adult reporters. |
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 1989 to 1990 |
Teen Staff Profile: In January, 1990 Mohamad Bazzi publishes the first of 46 stories that will appear under his byline in New Youth Connections. While a high school junior, Bazzi publishes an op-ed essay in the New York Daily News which exposes widespread cheating at Bronx Science, his prestigious high school. He is essentially drummed out of the school, but manages to get accepted to college without a high school diploma. During college, Bazzi publishes dozens of articles as a freelance writer in Newsday, several of which are front page stories. Newsday hires him as a full-time reporter upon graduation. MacArthur Fellowship: In August, 1989, Executive Director Keith Hefner is awarded a MacArthur Fellowship for Youth Communication's work in youth development, teen journalism, and education. |
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