New York City high school students from all five boroughs are creating award-winning videos about the daily problems young people face at home, in school and on the streets. Through the Educational Video Center (EVC), a nonprofit media center housed in an alternative public school, groups of 12 to 15 students become members of a video production crew. The 3-hour classes are held during and after school at the Center 4 days a week. The crews brainstorm topics, choose an issue, write text and map the video content. Using newly learned camera and interviewing skills, students shoot footage, produce a rough-cut, get feedback and make final edits. Videos, such as Guns and the Lives They Leave Holes In, are used in classrooms and by libraries and other nonprofit organizations. Participants are evaluated on the basis of a portfolio reviewed for writing, research and communication skills, as well as technological competence and creative expression. Youth Organizers Television (YO-TV) provides a very small number of high school graduates who have participated in the Workshop with an advanced pre-professional program for producing broadcast-quality videos that address community problems.