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Recycling on the South Side

Youth Journalist Alisha Jacobs writes about recycling as a way to prevent pollution. She interviewed young people from her neighborhood and the Resource Center, a company that manages recycling in the Chicago Public Housing development where she lives.

Pollution Affects Everyone

In this article written by Youth Journalist Jasmine Hunt, she interviewed Alderman Pat Dowell of Chicago’s 3rd ward. Jasmine’s angle was to get an official’s point of view on pollution and what the city is doing or planning to do in the south side communities to prevent pollution.

We the People Media Talk Show on NUF SAID

This talk show is a discussion on the projects We The People Media students are working on for NUF SAID. It includes reflection on several survey results, including pollution, trust of an authority figure, and youth violence.

Youth and Health Insurance

“Youth and Health Insurance” is a short video documentary that explores what high school teens in the Lawndale Community think about health insurance. This is a project by Kimberly Fields for her summer internship program with Free Spirit Media in 2010.