Southern Exposure: YR Media Represents at SXSW ‘24 Panel

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Thu, 28 Mar 2024 19:37:58 +0000

Photo Credit: Katie Hayes Luke for Pivotal Ventures.

On March 8, YR Media took the stage at SXSW ‘24 as part of a panel powered by our partners at Pivotal Ventures and Harvard University’s Center for Digital Thriving and Young Futures. Our CEO Kyra Kyles shared not one, but two videos featuring our YR stars, mostly between the ages of 14 to 20, talking about the challenges and opportunities they see on social media.

Check out Video #1 which explains what adults are getting wrong with “put down the phones” and “stay off social” rhetoric.

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Video #2 highlights solutions that young people are finding on their own and details how they hope adult allies (parents, guardians, etc.) will help them along on their journey.

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Here is a link to the panel in full so you can hear the conversation curated by Pivotal Ventures’ Strategy Director Kelsey Noonan (Moderator) among panelists: Katya Hancock, Executive Director of the new nonprofit Young Futures; Executive Director Dr. Emily Weinstein of the Center for Digital Thriving; and Kyra Kyles, CEO of YR Media.

Check out the brilliant reporting of our YR stars on this special link.

Keep the conversation going on our socials via IG.

SXSW Correspondents:

Riley Lockett

Bethal Miles

Emmie Wolf-Dubin

Miranda Perez

YR Media Staff Leads:

Michelle Klug, Senior Producer, Video

Lissa Soep, Special Projects Producer and Scholar-in-Residence

Chaz Hubbard, Senior Producer, Video

Kathy Chaney, Executive Editor, Newsroom

Matthew Heywood, Motion Graphics Designer

Jess Smolinski, Senior Designer

Pedro Vega Jr., Chief Creative Officer