Voices That Echo is the media home of Echos of Change: a podcast and a digital newspaper made by young people, for everyone. It's where your story, your perspective, and your reporting reach a real audience and turn into something that lasts.
Voices That Echo is where youth perspectives get published and heard. Write it, record it, or report it. If you've got something to say, this is where it reaches people.
Decisions get made about your generation in rooms you're not in, by people quoting studies instead of you. Media is how that changes, one real voice at a time.
Voices That Echo hands you the mic and the page, plus an audience that's actually listening.
This is what turning voices into action looks like: a perspective that started with you, reaching everyone.
Conversations, interviews, and solo episodes where young people talk about what actually matters to them. Be a host, come on as a guest, or be the voice behind an episode.
Articles, op-eds, personal essays, and reporting published for a real readership. Write a piece, pitch a story, or cover something happening in your own world.
Researching, writing, interviewing, recording, editing: the work behind every piece earns verified service hours, the same as any other Echos of Change contribution. Your byline and your hours grow together.
Keep contributing and the hours add up toward the President's Volunteer Service Award (PVSA), a recognition issued on behalf of the U.S. President that stands out on college, scholarship, and job applications. Reach a tier, and we'll help eligible members apply.
Hours count within a 12-month period. Open to U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents who meet PVSA eligibility, served through a recognized certifying organization.
Voices That Echo is just launching, with its first episodes and pieces taking shape now. The earliest contributors don't just publish, they help define what this platform sounds like and stands for. There's room to be one of the voices people remember from the very start.
No. If you can tell a story or share an honest perspective, you can contribute. Editors and guides help with the rest.
Not at all. You can write for the newspaper and never record a thing, or contribute to the podcast behind the scenes through research, interviews, or production.
Yes, where appropriate. Your comfort and safety come first, especially for personal stories, so we'll work out the right byline with you.
Bring us a topic or an idea through the contributor form and we'll help you shape it. You don't need a finished piece to start the conversation.
Anything that matters to you and your community, within our guidelines. Personal, local, global, cultural: it's all welcome.
Yes. You can contribute from anywhere in the world, on your own schedule.