Welcome to HarlemLIVE

Established in 1996, HarlemLIVE has consistently championed youth empowerment through journalism and storytelling. Over the years, we’ve been dedicated to amplifying young voices, helping shape talents, and driving positive change in our community.

The Legacy of HarlemLIVE is the story of what happens when young people are trusted with real work and real responsibility. This page accompanies the book with expanded content, videos, discussion questions, and resources for select chapters.

HarlemLIVE published youth-led journalism from 1996 to 2011. The archival site at harlemlive.org captures what the teens actually produced, a living record of the program across more than a decade of work.”

HarlemLIVE’s hyper-local newsletters bring community journalism to the building level, an ongoing experiment in what small-scale, youth-driven publishing can look like.