Youth TakeoverYouth Takeover

The Youth Takeover and Youth Advisory Board programs will not be continuing for the foreseeable future.

KQED remains highly committed to elevating youth voices and developing young people’s ability to create media that powerfully communicates their ideas, as well as sharing their unique voices through the Youth Media Challenge.

Each spring, Bay Area youth take over KQED’s TV, radio and digital channels and have their say about the issues affecting their lives. With its 8th season, the latest cohort of Youth Takeover participants included more than 300 students from 14 high school classrooms in 7 Bay Area counties, who worked with KQED Youth Media staff in their classrooms and on field trips to the recording studios at KQED headquarters. Also during Youth Takeover, the KQED Youth Advisory Board worked with staff Mentors from shows like Forum, Political Breakdown and KQED Arts and Culture as well as the KQED Mobile App product team.