We're now both award-winning professional reporters who have been published by a number of newspapers and now work for the News & Record in Greensboro, NC.
We use the skills we learned from YJI's Jackie Majerus and Steve Collins every day and have been lucky enough to pass them on to other young journalists, students and interns. We've been amazed to see Youth Journalism International grow in the years since we were students and the quality of the journalism they produce with young people all over the world.
Ways to make it better...
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Make sure the group is well funded and promoted for all the work they do.
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How would you describe the help you got from this organization?
Life-changing
How likely are you to recommend this organization to a friend?
Definitely
How do you feel you were treated by this organization?
Very Well
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2013
Youth Journalism International took a raw, burgeoning curiosity and honed it into a passion and skill for investigation and analysis.
It put me miles ahead in my first college journalism classes and gave me a leg-up when I began looking (and competing) for internships.
And ultimately, it taught me ethical and technical lessons I still use everyday in my career as a journalist.
Just as crucially, it introduced me to other young men and women from different backgrounds, classes and cultures -- a number of whom became lifelong friends. Opening a young person's world that way is invaluable and still a vital part of what this group does every day.
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How would you describe the help you got from this organization?
Life-changing
How likely are you to recommend this organization to a friend?
Definitely
How do you feel you were treated by this organization?
Very Well
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2012
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
I've experienced this organization's work as a student who was mentored and educated, as a volunteer where I have seen the difference it makes in the lives of students and as a professional journalist continually impressed by its work.
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What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is...
Seeing the difference it makes in the lives of all sorts of students, from all sorts of backgrounds, and the work they're capable of producing once they're given the skills and mentoring the group provides.
The kinds of staff and volunteers that I met were...
Knowledgeable, committed and tireless in their efforts to instill in tomorrow's journalists the skill and love that will keep an essential civic function healthy well into the future.
If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
Reach even more worldwide students than it already does, allowing them to tell their stories and teaching them to make a difference in their communities using the skills they learn through YJI.
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About every six months
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2010