8-18 Media is an award-winning youth news bureau where kids ages 8 to 18 report on issues that affect their lives. Our mission is to empower young people by giving them a significant voice in the world.

Members work in teams to produce stories which are published regularly in Marquette Monthly magazine and broadcast weekly on WMQT-Q107 Radio and WNMU Public Radio 90 in Marquette.

Besides local reporting, members cover special projects such as recent cultural exchanges with youth in Japan and the 2008 Democratic and Republican National Conventions. Stories have appeared in numerous national outlets including The Boston Globe, New York Daily News, Los Angeles Times and The Philadelphia Inquirer.

The bureau has approximately 45 members. For membership information click here.

   
 8-18 Media Director
 
   Dennis Whitley
 8-18media@chartermi.net
 
     
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Adventure Wednesdays Commentary (audio)   2010
 
Marquette agency helps youth in crisis   2010
 
Kids freedom versus safety   2010
 
Teens on nonprofit boards (audio)   2010
 
Less Fluff/More Journalism (audio)   2010
 
The True Holiday Gift (audio)   2009
 
Youth Sound off on politics   2009
 
Young Historians Award (audio)   2009
 
Books for Africa (audio)   2009
 
Children, community come together during forest fire   2009
 
Kids and Free Speech (audio)   2009
 
Kids look at the future of play and leisure   2009
 
Children need "Sparks" (audio)   2009
 
A Case for SOME Torture (audio)   2009
 
A Plea for the Endangered (audio)   2009
 
A visit with Lisa Ling (audio)   2009
 
Life Lessons from a sophomore (audio)   2009
 
Ishpeming kids put mayor on hotseat   2009
 
Bans on gay marriage are wrong (audio)   2009
 
Change, I hope is for the best (audio)   2009
 
Ishpeming kids stay safe on New Year's Eve   2009
 
Girl Scouts learn "Sweet Success" (audio)   2009
 
Ugly Phrases (audio)   2009
 
Youth make volunteering a way of life   2008
 
Anime' Manga Club (audio)   2008
 
Life of Lake Superior   2008
 
Great Pumpkins (audio)   2008
 
Vegetables For Youth (audio)   2008
 
Children reflect on affects of father's deployment   2008
 
A time for a big Change? (Audio)   2008
 
Mqt. Co. Youth Summit and interview with P. Benson   2007
 
Healthy Communities/Healthy Youth   2007
 
Muslim Youth Vary in Practice   2007
 
Similarities   2007
 
We Are All Human (audio)   2007
 
Everybody's a Jihadist (audio)   2007
 
Teens and Politics (audio)   2006
 
A World of Contraditions (audio)   2006
 
Voices of Children in Zambia   2006
 
Kids collect cardboard for a living   2006
 
Exploring their roots   2006
 
Images — Remembering 9/11 (audio)   2006
   

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