We are a platform for young voices in our community to explore issues that they are passionate about. From personal reflections to topics of national relevance, Radio 101 provides high school students with the tools to turn their ideas into feature stories. Part of WFDD's Hive, the Radio 101 program allows students to interact with professional journalists, experts from across the country (and the world), and collaborate with each other as they explore and learn about the world around them.
Every semester, a new cohort of students joins the Radio 101 class through our after-school program, and since 2017, Radio 101 has been offered at R.J. Reynolds High School in Winston-Salem, NC, as a for-credit Honors-level class. The stories the students produce air on Mondays during Morning Edition and All Things considered.
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Most speech pathologists agree: by 12 months old, babies should be saying their first words. When that milestone doesn’t come, parents are left with… -
Marijuana use is illegal at the federal level and in some states, including North Carolina, but today there are more daily users of pot than alcohol. The… -
In the baking aisle of some supermarkets and retailers like Walmart, you’ll find brightly labeled pressurized whipped cream flavoring. Teens are buying… -
When asked about the best way to prevent the transmission of HIV, teens gave the same answer over and over again: "Don't have sex." But as data from the… -
For Kaden, a family movie night can quickly turn into a very uncomfortable situation."Midway through the movie, an adult scene came on," explains Kaden.…
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The North Carolina Healthy Youth Act of 2009 is still at the center of sex education curriculums across the state. The law lays out what middle and high school students should be learning in the classroom, but it has LGBTQ+ feeling left out of the conversation.
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WFDD's Radio 101 has chosen to use only the first initial of the student in the following story due to the sensitive subject matter and to protect the… -
Story highlightsOn September 12, 2022, Northwest Cabarrus High School Senior Mary Liu was asked to leave a school board meeting where they were discussing… -
At the beginning of the school year, the Radio 101 class at R.J. Reynolds high school was tasked to look into the issue of teen mental health. Through… -
At the beginning of the school year, the Radio 101 class at R.J. Reynolds high school was tasked to look into the issue of teen mental health. Through…
