Koreatown Youth and Community Center

KYCC’s Koreatown Storytelling Program is an intergenerational, multilingual and multiethnic oral history and digital media program that teaches ethnographic and storytelling techniques to high school students and elders to investigate cultural practices and racial, economic and health inequities in our community. Learn more at www.koreatownstorytellingprogram.org. Want to explore Koreatown, interview inspiring elders, and help build a youth-led newsroom? Join Koreatown Storytelling Program and Los Angeles Local News Initiative! We are a community journalism and oral history program where you will learn how to report local news, preserve immigrant stories, and amplify voices often left out of the headlines. Learn how to conduct interviews, write and publish articles, and document the history of our community! REQUIREMENTS • All applicants must be willing to commit to weekly 2-hour meetings, attend all program activities and assignments, and complete the full program from September 2025 - March 2026 with breaks for holidays. • Must live or attend school in Koreatown, or have a connection to the community • Be interested in engaging with and learning from elders in their community • Bilingual preferred but not required (Korean, Spanish, Bengali, etc.) To apply, bit.ly/YouthReporterApplication25 If you have any questions, please contact Ernie Yoshikawa at volunteer@kyccla.org or (213) 365-7400 Ext. 5239.