Young Voices offers training on how these rising leaders can write persuasive opinion columns, give effective TV interviews, or develop professional contacts at media and news organizations.
As one noteworthy example, Young Voices equipped a young Venezuelan refugee named Daniel Di Martino to share his story of escaping socialism—and the lessons he learned along the way—in an op-ed published in USA Today. The article went viral, becoming the year’s most-read op-ed on the topic of Venezuela, earning Daniel a mention from the president of the United States.
Today, Daniel is a fellow at Manhattan Institute, and regularly shares his insights and ideas through a wide variety of news sources.
A New Chapter
Young Voices’ success in the United States laid the groundwork for their expansion into Europe, prompting Jason to join the organization in 2021 to help launch Young Voices in the United Kingdom, expanding operations to the European Union only a year later.
“I knew so many young people who wanted to get their voices out there, who wanted help with writing and editing and pitching and speaking to TV and radio, and there just wasn’t any organization that was doing that on a non-profit basis,” Jason said.
“The media landscapes in these European countries are very different from the U.S. media landscape,” Jason said. “Even countries right next to each other that have a lot of cultural and political similarities often have totally different media markets.”
Despite these challenges, Young Voices Europe has recently published more than 80 op-eds in nine countries and oversaw eight placements of Young Voices talents in top-tier media outlets.
