YMG pays high school students in under-resourced U.S. communities to take training and create multimedia health, road safety and social issue journalism content We pay high school students from under-resourced communities to take multimedia journalism training. The teens cover the factors influencing health and safety, report on solutions, write articles published in media outlets and create social media posts. Youthcast Media Group (YMG) teaches high school students from under-resourced communities to produce multimedia journalism that highlights solutions to the health, social and safety disparities where they live. In doing so, they harness the power of their voices to creatively reflect, engage and empower their communities. This increases their college and career readiness and their agency.