Reducing Addiction, Lessons from the Field

Read about how WRTU-FM in San Juan, Puerto Rico and Center for Rehabilitation through the Arts (C.A.RE.) ended their program with a bang—a community wide talent show.

Teens write, film and act in TV PSAs talking about reducing methamphetamine use as part of a Sound Partners for Community Health project in Eureka, CA. This multi-media community partnership provides opportunities for teens to become the producers of media, not just consumers. Read more about local media partnerships in the on-line publication Local Voices. The February 2006 Local Media Issue is the third
in a series telling stories from the successful projects of Sound Partners for Community Health. Download the 9-page PDF document.

New Eyes on Community is an eleven-year retrospective of the work of the Pew Partnership for Civic Change. Joining with hundreds of community partners the Pew Partnership has built a wealth of knowledge and experience about the kinds of programs and processes that will change communities for the better. This booklet tells the story of the evolution of the organization's thinking and programs. Download a large (1M) PDF file.

This profile takes an in-depth look at the structure of Sound Partners for Community Health and its effects on participants and their communities, including an overview of the type of programming and outreach used to reach audiences, interviews with stations, community organizations and Sound Partners' staff, and what the future holds for community-based journalism. This report appeared in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's 2001 Anthology. (2001)

WRTE-FM, the nation's only bilingual youth-operated station, provides local youth with unique learning opportunities, instructing them on the how-to's of radio production, the value of teamwork, and the importance of their individual roles and stake in their communities.

WOJB-FM's former news director Lori Townsend recounts how the station's participation in Sound Partners enabled her community in Hayward, Wisconsin to discuss tobacco use in Native American ceremonies. (Spring 1999)