Warmia & Mazury · since 2023

Young people have a voice.

And they use it!

Since 2023, we have been running the Youth Editorial Team — a group of volunteers passionate about creating their own content. We meet every week, all year round. We write, record, edit, and conduct interviews — for real audiences and about real issues.

25 +

volunteers in editorial teams

3 years

of history and experience

80 +

articles, videos, and podcasts

How we work

🟡 We meet regularly — every week, even during the summer.
🟡 We learn skills — writing, recording, editing, interviewing.
🟡 We publish in the RzeczJasna Magazine — reaching thousands of real readers.
🟡 We travel — to national workshops and conferences.
🟡 We run our own projects — with micro‑grants up to 2000 PLN.

I want to join Youth Editorial Team
Youth Editorial Team · Ostróda · since 2023 ◆ Micro‑grant competition – 5 grants of 2,000 PLN for your own media project ◆ Project implemented as part of WOW / the NIW‑CRSO Solidarity Corps ◆ Join us — send a message: e.kasperek@simrzeczjasna.pl ◆
Local editorial teams

Ostróda

We’ve been active in Ostróda for over 3 years

We have been working here since 2023 in partnership with Bażyński High School (I LO im. Bażyńskiego). In 2025 alone, we published 40 pieces — articles, reports, vlogs, and videos about local issues, people, and events. We talked with writer Jakub Żulczyk and asked high‑school seniors about their final exams. We attended the Youth City Council session, the WOŚP finale, and the Night of Museums. We visited TVP Olsztyn, the WiM Journalists’ Gala in Olsztyn, and the Youth Forum “(I Don’t) Have to Leave”.
And that’s just one year 🙂
Our materials

Other towns

Materials created in Ełk, Węgorzewo, Korsze and more

Young people from Ełk recorded a podcast about their town — from the perspective of their peers. The group from Korsze produced five short films about local passions and invited primary‑school students to their own event at the Municipal Cultural Centre. The editorial team from Ostróda recorded a 68‑minute podcast about faith — without taboos and without judgement. Students from Bażyniak launched the HejtOFF campaign against hate speech. And the Talent Seekers from Węgorzewo recorded five podcasts with students who had never had a stage before.
Our materials

Join the network

A new editorial team can be created at your school

We’re looking for young people and teachers from across the region who are ready to build local civic media. If you’re from a small town or village — write to us.
Write to us

Model of work

This is your space

We teach through doing —by writing texts that someone actually reads, recording videos that someone actually watches, and conducting interviews with real people about real issues.


Young people propose their own topics, initiate actions, and learn to take responsibility for the messages they create.

This is not an after‑school club — it’s a space where young people have real influence.

1

Weekly editorial meetings

All year round — even during the summer. Topic planning, discussing materials, learning the craft.

2

You create your own materials

Articles, videos, podcasts — published in the RzeczJasna Magazine and reaching real audiences across the region.

3

Trips and Workshops

National conferences, study visits, youth forums — places you wouldn’t easily reach without the editorial team.

4

A micro‑grant for your idea

Up to 2,000 PLN to carry out your own media project — for active volunteers.

For schools and dormitories

Start an editorial team at your school

We work with schools and dormitories that want to launch their own editorial teams or media classes. You’re not left on your own — we provide a complete programme and support at every step.

4‑year media education programme

We created a programme in collaboration with schools, and we help you implement it. From the basics of journalism to advanced video and podcast formats — all adapted to students’ skill levels.

Substantive and technical support

We help you choose equipment, software, and formats. Our specialists provide ongoing support — whether it’s editing, planning materials, or developing ideas.

Teacher training

A teacher doesn’t need to be a journalist to run an editorial team. We provide training and substantive support — giving you tools and methods for working with young creators.

Trips, workshops, and study visits

We organise visits to other editorial teams, media events, and national conferences. Students from small towns get to see how the real media world works.

Are you a teacher or headteacher?

Write to us — we’ll tell you what the cooperation looks like and what we can create together for your students.

WRITE TO US
Competition

“Young people, media, engagement” micro‑grants

At the end of 2025, we completed the first edition of our micro‑grant competition. We awarded five grants for original projects — reports, podcasts, and social campaigns created entirely by volunteers.
The next edition is coming in 2026. If you’re an active volunteer in one of our editorial teams, you can receive up to 2,000 PLN for your own idea.

More about MICRO‑GRANTS

5

grants awarded in the 2025 edition

2026

next edition of the competition

2000 zł

maximum grant amount

100%

all projects designed by young people

What We Create

Materials from our editorial teams

Texts, videos, and podcasts created by our volunteer editorial teams.

Want to join the editorial team?

Are you a young person from Warmia and Mazury with a passion for media, writing, or filmmaking? Or a teacher who wants to recommend the editorial team to your students? Write to us — we work in Ostróda and Olsztyn, and we’re also looking for motivated people from across the region.

Email

Write to Us

Tel.

+48 662 103 272

Address

ul. Sobieskiego 9, Ostróda

ul. Kotańskiego 1 lok 105, Olsztyn

About the Project
The RzeczJasna Youth Editorial Team has been operating continuously since 2023.
In 2024–2025 it was funded through the project “Youth Editorial Team – A Space for the Voice of Young People” under the Youth Fund of the NIW‑CRSO..

Od października 2025 roku kontynuujemy działania w ramach projektu „Młodzi, media, odpowiedzialność – wolontariat medialny dla społecznej zmiany” Since October 2025, we have continued our work within the project “Young people, media, responsibility – media volunteering for social change”, financed by the National Freedom Institute – Centre for Civil Society Development as part of the Solidarity Corps – Government Programme for Supporting and Developing Systematic Volunteering 2018–2030.