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Na na na-na-na; the opening credits to Nickelodeon’s hit 90s show “Clarissa Explains It All” (1991-1994) begins. A teenage Melissa Joan Hart pops up onscreen in a crop top and high ponytail as retro graphics and the all too familiar theme song... Read the rest of this post

If you missed the buzz (which admittedly hasn't seemed all that buzzy), tomorrow night marks the second annual HALO Awards on TeenNick. Hosted by Nick Cannon, who created and executive produced, the hour-long award award show will honor four real... Read the rest of this post

Ed. Note: This summer, our attention was caught when ABC Family's "fat camp" drama "Huge" tread where no teen show has gone before — featuring a young, plus-sized ensemble cast to explore different issues related to body image (including "fat... Read the rest of this post

Today's Ypulse Interview is with Jamia Wilson, Vice President of Programs at the Women's Media Center and one of the leading forces behind the SPARK Summit held here in New York last Friday. From "Glee" in GQ to Miley on MTV, the effort to mobilize... Read the rest of this post

Longtime Ypulse readers know we're strong advocates of fostering tolerance for GLBT teens. Whether it be through more realistic, multifaceted portrayals in the media, movements on the ground like GSA alliances, or online resources dedicated to... Read the rest of this post

Reviews for an 'unsympathetic' treatment of Mark Zuckerberg within The Social Network filled the press last week as errors in Facebook's programming caused mass outages, leading one to ask one's self … has Facebook grown past the point where... Read the rest of this post

Your Netflix queue is now available for streaming on your iPhone (and Netflix predicts that their DVD by mail service will peak in 2013 as more of their customers embrace multiple devices. Speaking of, check out this viewpoint on the best way to... Read the rest of this post

Lately MTV’s reality programming seems to fall into one of two very distinct categories: heavily edited, love triangle- and catch phrase-fueled guilty pleasures (ahem, Snooki and company), and more serious endeavors to mix entertainment with... Read the rest of this post

At a time when young adults are aimlessly looking for someone, anyone, to hire them, it seems there's finally an industry that needs today's Millennials and is willing to potentially employ them in abundance. It isn't something you can study at... Read the rest of this post

Today's Ypulse Guest Post comes from our friends at I Heart Daily Melissa Walker and Anne Ichikawa. Since the pair recently teamed up again for fun side project turned viral hit Before You Were Hot, a submission-based collection of awkward... Read the rest of this post

Ypulse readers who caught my earlier post on ABC Family's "Huge" know about the buzz building around the teen drama set at "fat camp" and its daringly direct approach to adolescent issues, both related to body image and beyond. To learn more we... Read the rest of this post

Today's Ypulse Youth Advisory Board interview is with Christine Garinger, RN, Pro Site Coordinator and Educator behind mindyourmind, a nonprofit based in Canada that provides resources, coping tools and information on mental health to teens. YAB... Read the rest of this post

In last week's Essentials, we reported on the new suicide prevention website ReachOut.com, which launched in addition to the We Can Help Us campaign, a partnership with the Ad Council and SAMSHA (creative by DDB). Check out more recent coverage... Read the rest of this post

Today's Ypulse Youth Advisory Board post comes from Amanda Aziz who kicks off the first in our next themed series of YAB posts on youth, activism and the brands that help bring the two together. In our first installment Amanda picks up on some of... Read the rest of this post

This past Saturday I had the pleasure of attending the TEDxTeens talks at the Scholastic Auditorium in New York. In the spirit of the series (learn more here) the day was full of short but powerful presentations and performances from mainly teens... Read the rest of this post

Today we're bringing you our monthly roundup of cool youth media and marketing events you or colleagues from your company may want to attend. If your company hosts an event relevant to the youth media or marketing space that you'd like us to... Read the rest of this post

Today's Youth Advisory Board post comes from Lauren Williams who profiles Ask the Judge. The online resource, run by Natalie Jacobs, a lawyer involved in several youth-related projects including the non-profit Girls on the Run, and her father, a... Read the rest of this post

Time for part two of what we saw as the biggest trends that shaped the youth media and marketing world in 2009. This also wraps up our YIR coverage except for predictions (send us yours!), which we'll post after the new year. The Hunt For Lost Boys'... Read the rest of this post

The latest installment in our Ypulse Youth Website Profile series is a review of teen feminist site fbomb, officially launched by 16-year-old Julie Zeilinger in July. What it is… according to the description on the site, "A blog/community... Read the rest of this post

The latest installment in our Ypulse Youth Website Profile series is Smokescreen, an online game from British public-service broadcasting network Channel 4, set to launch this September.. What it is… a 13-part online adventure created by... Read the rest of this post

I'm in Minneapolis for the first advisory board meeting of Best Buy's @15 initiative. I have been asked to join many advisory boards over the past couple of years, but have chosen to only work with New Moon Girls because I have known the founder,... Read the rest of this post

Today's Youth Advisory Board post is from Caroline Marques who'd like to show some love to a worthy teen-centric arts mag and website. I'll let her take it from here. Remember you can contact our board directly via email at youthadvisoryboard at... Read the rest of this post

Back in April, I posted about a site from a collective of younger people attempting to rename their generation…and publish a collection of voices they felt reflected "The Splinter Generation." They just published a collection of these voices... Read the rest of this post

For this Ypulse Toolbox, I'm focusing on 10 youth activism sites to give you a broad brush of what's happening in this space. I know there are many, many more amazing youth activism oriented communities, Facebook applications/groups and... Read the rest of this post

Click to view larger image Yet another community for teens (Teens In Tech) is launching in alpha mode today. What sets this one apart from the rest is that the founder and CEO is a teen himself, giving him an unbeatable edge because he is part of... Read the rest of this post