Press

Teen Voices Amplifying in the News!

• Miss Representation highlights how Teen Voices pledges to #KeepItReal
• amplify! 2012 Turns up the Volume on Healthy Media
• WATCH Poetically Speaking 2011: Rhymes for the Times (via Brookline Access Television)
• Not (just) For Profit
• United Planet and Teen Voices collaborate to share journalism experiences with Mongolian students!
• Looking for a meaningful internship experience? Look no further than Teen Voices!
• Fall 2011 mentor Michele Richinick shares her Teen Voices experiences with Her Campus
• Our summer 2011 interns are making headlines!" 
• We're proud to introduce the newest addition to Boston Parents Paper. Teen Focus is now online and full of great articles, tips and resources for Massachusetts parents navigating their children's teen years. Teen Voices shares tips for parenting teens on pages 20-21!
• Show your daughter her thoughts and ideas matter with Teen Voices
• Teen Voices appears on BNN News
• I Heart Daily hearts Teen Voices. Find out why!
• The Massachusetts Conference for Women creates the 2010 social media street team.
• Massnonprofit.org highlights Teen Voices' new board president and four new board members.
• Examiner.com listed Teen Voices as one of the "best five websites for teens."
• Bay State Banner highlights Teen Voices' AMPLIFY! event.
• Boston Herald tracked down Anna Deavere Smith at AMPLIFY! 2010: Girls Recreating Media.
• What You Can Do presents "Improve the Media Image of Girls", a short documentary featuring Teen Voices.
• Teen Voices writer Lynn Celestin was interviewed on Commonwealth Journal."  Listen to her share her feelings after the Haiti earthquake."  Click here to find out how.
• Executive Director Jenny Amory on LA Talk Radio
• Wall Street Journal highlights Teen Voices and one of our funders, TUGG
• Editor and publisher Jessica Moore featured in AP article about job recovery in the wake of the economic crisis
• Boston Business Journal highlights Teen Voices' use of social media
• Wicked Local Cambridge features editor and publisher Jessica Moore

For media inquiries, please call us at (617) 426-5505 or email sarah@teenvoices.com

Teen Voices' Executive Director Awarded Barr Fellowship

Teen Voices' Executive Director Jenny Amory has been awarded a 2011 fellowship from the Barr Foundation in recognition of her leadership work in Boston."  The Barr Fellows Program honors the contributions of the most gifted and experienced leaders in the Boston area.

Barr Fellows were selected based on their past contributions to the community, their potential to continue to contribute at a high level into the next decade, and their demonstrated capacity to learn from their peers locally and globally.

"We congratulate Jenny Amory on her selection and are pleased to provide her with this opportunity to reflect on her accomplishments."  Her leadership is important to the future of Boston," said Pat Brandes, Executive Director of the Barr Foundation."  The three-year Barr Fellowship includes a sabbatical, a journey to Haiti and a series of retreats.

Our Achievements

• Created the first journalism mentoring and leadership program that serves primarily low-income girls of color and publishes a global magazine.
• Published 54 issues of Teen Voices print magazine, a four-color glossy magazine for over 19 years, reaching 45,000 readers in 13 countries.
• Established Teen Voices Online, our award-winning website updated monthly with 200,000 annual page views from 175 countries.
• Empowered hundreds of low-income Boston area girls through mentorship and job-skill development.
• Training of hundreds of young college women as mentors and activist leaders.
• Reached thousands of girls through our teen-generated media, workshops, and forums.
• Developed an intergenerational community of activist writers.

Our Honors

• Recognized by the Anna B. Stearns Charitable Foundation as the first recipient of the"  Sylvia Simmons Best Practices Award in 2009.
• Presented at the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media in 2008, increasing local and national demand for our services as experts on girls in the media, girls' issues, and girls' programming.
• 2006 Women of Excellence Award given to Executive Director, Jenny Amory.
• 2002 Best of WWWomen Site Award.
• Won the 1997 Take a Stand Award, Boston Women's Fund
• Acknowledged "Best Content" by the National Council on Crime and Delinquency in 1996.
• 1992 Peace Award, Boston Mayor's Office.