Why we ask teenagers to join the Tulsa World Youth Advisory Board

Jason Collington

Tulsa World Executive Editor

The Tulsa World offers two boards made up of locals who don’t just advise our newsroom but also share their opinions through columns: The Community Advisory Board for adults and the Youth Advisory Board for high school students. One of the things that we have discovered in the years we have done these is we don’t know what everyone’s experience is like. These boards help us know and plan coverage, while also letting some original voices find a home. We are now recruiting for our Youth Advisory Board:

It’s open for freshmen to seniors in Tulsa schools. This is not a journalism training program, and no writing experience is required. Members will advise editors about priorities in the community. They will write regular essays published in prin