But who is to blame? Is it editors of newspapers and TV programmes? And, more importantly, what can be done about it?
This summer, I spoke to a local journalist and was pleasantly surprised. She told me that newspapers would actually welcome positive stories about young people to balance the usual diet of stories about young people involved in muggings. True to her word, she asked me about my involvement with NCB and did a really positive story about us.
So what is the lesson? I think it is up to us to refuse to accept a constant stream of negative stories about young people and to write a letter to the editors of newspapers, radio and TV programmes to put the record straight when we see a story that seems to be making all young people look bad.
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