Nuf Said

Teen reporter Natalia Yarbrough introduces “In the Hot Seat,” a column feature that spotlights experts on the frontline of issues facing teens. Guests are Roger Peden, director of employer services for Jobs for Youth, a program in Chicago that helps young adults ages 17-24 get jobs, and Melvin Buckley Jr., owner of McDonald’s restaurants in Richton Park and in South Chicago Heights. Read more…

This article focuses on how teens feel about safety in their neighborhoods.

In this article written by Youth Journalist Manquaze Allen, he interviews youth from the Chicago Housing Authority development where he lives.  Manquaze asked youth a hypothetical question: if they had a conflict with another student in school, would they go to an authority figure? Read more…

Youth Journalist Trevor Hill uses data from the NUF SAID status survey to show how violent acts in school lead to violence in the community. He interviews community residents, from youth to the elderly, to get their reaction to the data NUF SAID collected doing the surveying process.

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.

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.

Street-Level’s NUF SAID team created a comic book that illustrates how youth might respond to a conflict. The main character, Jaden, gets harassed by another youth and is forced to make a hard decision. The story is interactive and open-ended so the audience can decide their own conclusion to the conflict.