Youth Takeover ProgramYouth Takeover Program

Season 8 of Youth Takeover happens April 21-26, 2025!

Students have a lot to say, and KQED wants to share their voices with an audience beyond the classroom. The Youth Takeover program is a unique year-long experience where KQED partners with high school classrooms from nine Bay Area counties to help students produce audio feature stories destined for KQED’s broadcast, podcast and online programming—including shows like Perspectives, Forum, Political Breakdown and other local favorites.

Browse the showcase of student pieces from all years of Youth Takeover and meet the 2024-25 KQED Youth Takeover teachers.

Applications for the 2025-26 Youth Takeover teacher cohort will open in early June 2025. Subscribe to the KQED Education Newsletter to be notified.

Not in the Bay Area but want to participate? You can bring Youth Takeover to your classroom with the Youth Media Challenge.

Questions? Please email the Youth Media team at youthmedia@kqed.org.