Supporting Youth Voices. Telling Stories That Matter in coastal North Carolina.
Coastal Youth Media empowers young people across the coast to tell their own stories through journalism, podcasting, and digital media. Through training, mentorship, and community storytelling, we equip youth with the tools to document history, advocate for their communities, and shape the future.
Where I Come From
Where I Come From is a youth storytelling project of Coastal Youth Media that helps young people find and share their voices through workshops in writing, audio production, and storytelling. The project culminates in original narratives that celebrate the identities, experiences, and perspectives of youth across coastal North Carolina.
Documentary Institute
Community Through Photography is a collaborative project that invites participants to document their lives, surroundings, and perspectives—offering an intimate view of their world through their own eyes.
Community through Photography
Community Through Photography is a collaborative project that invites participants to document their lives, surroundings, and perspectives—offering an intimate view of their world through their own eyes.
Next Wave Podcasting
Next Wave is a youth-led podcast project that trains young people to produce and host original audio stories about their lives, their communities, and the issues that matter most to them.