Bulgarian students are so badly behaved, some here say, that in addition to grades for academics, they should also have to earn a grade for manners and responsibility, writes Kornelia Tomaszewicz, a Junior Reporter with Youth Journalism International. Listen for the full story.

Bulgaria considers grading student behavior - and fines for parents, by Kornelia Tomaszewicz

in this sonically constructive episode of deverde greene’s mental health podcast brain fruit, deverde shares the mic with former sports journalist & current mental health advocate Derek Dueker, creator & host of the Show My Scars podcast (https://showmyscars.com/). after meeting Derek online, deverde invited derek down to the aural mind garden so the duo could discuss how mental health struggles — especially in Derek’s case anxiety, depression and panic attacks — have influenced the course of their lives & how they have repeatedly reshaped & refashioned themselves in the wake of all manner of setbacks, stumbling blocks & calamities of both the major & minor variety. 

listeners follow Derek from his small-town origins in Missouri to his first professional flowering as an award-winning sports journalist who profiles young division-1-bound players as the sports they have dedicated their lives to transform them. but at the height of his career as a sportswriter, Derek’s life falls apart & he is forced finally to reckon with the persistent, overwhelming & often debilitating mental health challenges that appeared even in Derek’s childhood. at first devastating, this bottoming out in time becomes the source of Derek’s own metamorphosis as he overcomes mental health imposter syndrome, begins receiving treatment & embarks on a new path of self-discovery as a meditation practitioner & instructor-in-training. 

it's all too common to discuss mental health challenges as purely destructive forces that wreak havoc on people’s lives via loneliness, alienation, addiction, self-sabotage, emotional pain & suffering, etc. but these narratives also neglect the fact that so many people engage in the ongoing project of rebuilding themselves, refurbishing and retrofitting the very foundations of their existences, everyday in the aftermath of mental health episodes & the general difficulties of life no matter how large or small. Derek’s is just one such story of how to tackle this great, mysterious, fixer upper project that we call life.                  

topics discussed include: depression, anxiety, panic attacks, sports journalism, imposter syndrome, accessing mental health care, meditation, Deborah Norris’s Mindfulness Center & the Science of Mindful Awareness program & so much more.  

brain fruit | ep. 02 | rebuilding

In addition to altering how Americans received news, television subtly undermined civic participation and changed the political makeup of the nation.

CN Blog Episode - 3 - How the Death of Local News Rewired American Politics

Jimin Park, a Junior Reporter with Youth Journalism International, thought she knew Seoul, her city. But then she went to the Seoul Friendship Festival and discovered there was a lot more to it.  Photo credit Jimin Park for Youth Journalism International

Seoul Friendship Festival shows city's global flavor, by Jimin Park

This week on The Frame: local officials go back to the drawing board in regards to potential downtown CB district reductions, a local healthcare center introduces a new, AI-driven MRI machine, and a highlight on one of the winners of this year’s Senior Heroes Awards.

All of that on The Frame: Framingham News in Focus.

For more local news, visit www.theframe.news.

Framingham Officials Restart Zoning Plan | The Frame: June 5, 2025

Cameron speaks to Andy Twigge on BBC Radio Derby about the row between the planet's most powerful politician and the world's richest man...

This was one of 14 live 2 ways on local radio breakfast shows on Friday the 7th of June 2025.

Trump V Musk 2 way

Florida police misconduct escalates when deputies fabricate jaywalking charges against an autistic man, highlighting systemic training deficits and racial disparities in law enforcement.

Florida Police Abuses Shocking Harm to Vulnerable

Tahiry Andrianotahiana, a Junior Reporter with Youth Journalism International, shares what life is like in her small rural village in Madagascar. Read by Dorothy Quanteh, a Junior Reporter with Youth Journalism International.

She's at home in rural Madagascar, by Tahiry Andrianotahiana

With democracy on the line, the May 2025 presidential election results in Romania brought great relief, writes Patri Stan, a Junior Reporter with Youth Journalism International.

Romanian election of anti-corruption candidate is cause for relief, by Patri Stan

Repórteres: Gabriely Rodrigues e Isabella Simões
Roteiro: Isabella Simões
Edição: Gabriely Rodrigues
Entrevistas e captação de áudio: Ana Guercio, Giovanna Ferraz, Mariana Garcia e Pietra Timóteo

Passos que transformam: a história da Associação Fernanda Bianchini

Host, Vic Gerami interviews renowned immigration attorney and professor, Ally Bolour. They discuss the state of immigration in America, what led Trump Administration's unlawful ICE raids, and what's next.

THE BLUNT POST with VIC: Guest, Ally Bolour Esq.

Watching the chaos unfold in Los Angeles over the past two days, writes Dana Kim, a Senior Reporter with Youth Journalism International, I’ve found myself asking one question: How do we get out of our slide into darkness?

In LA, violence isn't the only option, by Dana Kim

HAMMAD ABDULRASHEED - 101 Guide on Accountability Reporting in Africa

This week on The Frame: the City Council passes an annual operating budget totaling nearly $383 million, local incumbents and challengers begin to pull papers ahead of November’s municipal election, and a look at the inaugural Bay State Motor Festival—and how the community connects to America’s automotive legacy.

All of that on The Frame: Framingham News in Focus.

For more local news, visit www.theframe.news.

Framingham Finalizes $383M Annual Budget | The Frame: June 12, 2025

Democracy, as defined by American President Abraham Lincoln, is a government of the people, by the people and for the people, but is Nigerian democracy living up to that standard? By Chibuike Chukwuka and Dominic Crown, two Junior Reporters with Youth Journalism International. Read by Dominic Crown.

Nigeria celebrates its faltering democracy, by Chibuike Chukwuka and Dominic Crown

Asking the wrong questions in America eventually ends up with you face down, hands behind your back, in handcuffs, writes Rithika Saravanan. a Junior Reporter with Youth Journalism International, who weighed in on the handcuffing of U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla of California.

The handcuffing of a U.S. senator shows all are at risk, by Rithika Saravanan

Conteúdos em áudio produzidos durante o curso de jornalismo na FCL.

Youth Journalism International connects student writers, artists and photographers with peers around the globe, teaches journalism, fosters cross-cultural understanding, and promotes and defends a free youth press.

Advance by Minority Africa is a collaborative news agency dedicated to advancing marginalized communities through collaborative work with news publishers.

THE BLUNT POST with VIC (TBPV) with host Vic Gerami is a national headline news program on Independent & progressive Radio KPFK 90.7 FM, part of the Pacifica Network and reaches over 18-million households. 

Vic covers the latest news + current events, offers commentary + analysis, and interviews a member of Congress and other high-profile public figures.

The show airs LIVE on Mondays, at 6:00 a.m. (PT) on independent & progressive radio KPFK 90.7 FM and Livestream at KPFK.org. Immediately following the broadcast, it is available at KPFK.org and on iTunes, Stitcher, Tune-In, SoundClound, and Spotify.

A noted journalist and columnist, Vic Gerami is also a media contributor who is also publisher and editor of The Blunt Post. 

Today reaching national international audiences, Gerami first built a foundation of knowledge and skills by learning the media industry during his years at Frontiers Magazine, followed by positions at LA Weekly and Voice Media Group. For the second time, Gerami was selected as a finalist in the Los Angeles Press Club’s National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards “Columnist of the Year” category in 2019, having first made the final round of consideration in 2017. His celebrity Q&A column, ‘10 Questions with Vic‘ is internationally syndicated. 

Gerami’s syndicated celebrity Q&A column, 10 Questions with Vic, is a two-time finalist in the Los Angeles Press Club’s National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards’  “Columnist of the Year” category. A few of many celebrities whom Gerami has interviewed include Melissa Etheridge, Paula Abdul, Dan Reynolds (Imagine Dragons), Kathy Griffin, Matthew Modine, Laverne Cox, and Marianne Williamson. In July 2020, the Los Angeles Press Club announced that Gerami is a Finalist in record seven (7) categories for the 62nd Annual Southern California Journalism Awards. 

Gerami is also a contributor for some of the most prominent publications in the nation, including Windy City Times, California Courier, IN Magazine, OUT Traveler, The Fight, and The Advocate Magazine, among others.

The Wall Street Journal featured Gerami as a “leading gay activist” in its landmark 2008 coverage of opposition to Proposition 8, the ballot measure that for years denied same-sex couples in California the freedom to marry. In addition to his years of volunteer work as a leading advocate for marriage equality, later Gerami went on to serve as a Planning Committee member for the historic Resist March in 2017. Vic Gerami is also a founding board member of Equality Armenia.

In 2015, Gerami was referenced in the landmark Supreme Court civil rights case, Obergefell v. Hodges, in which the Court held in a 5–4 decision that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples by both the Due Process and the Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

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