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Voices of Monterey Bay’s Youth Engagement Project is a series of stories reported and written by high school and college students that describe efforts on the Central Coast to inspire and help young ...

The Young Voices Media Project provides high school and first- to second-year college students in the Salinas Valley hands-on instruction on the basics of media literacy, critical thinking, journalism ...

Salinas-area educators speak out on the teacher shortage.

Hosted by Joe Livernois, The VOMB Squad features conversations that cover a broad range of interests on the Central Coast. Some of the podcasts tackle the issues we are following at Voices of Monterey ...

Partner Voices is the best way for nonprofits to promote their services through Voices of Monterey Bay. We believe traditional display promotions do not allow organizations to go very deep with their ...

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Our July 2019 Young Voices Media Project was held in Gonzales, California, where nine high school students from the Salinas Valley spent two weeks learning professional journalism and writing skills.

Amber Solorio, an incoming junior at Soledad High, is currently attending her first Young Voices Media Workshop. Her main reason for attending this camp is to improve her writing and journalistic ...

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