Lin Lat Kyair Sin (Bright Young Stars)

By building the capacity of the local media organisations in Burma/Myanmar, including the state broadcaster MRTV, to "produce news and current affairs programming which inform citizens about governance issues and create platforms where their voices are heard", BBC Media Action has developed a production team of 18-35 year-olds to better address and engage the programme's youth audience. Skill building with young journalists includes training those with a background in print journalism on reporting for radio and recording and editing a "sound-rich" radio feature. "Through face-to-face training and its online iLearn course, BBC Media Action is training Burma’s next - some say, first - generation of broadcast journalists from the private sector."

The topics covered by the radio show are those of concern to young adults, including issues formerly considered taboo in Burma - for example, in the "Society" series: drinking alcohol, foreign influences, relationships, women’s equality, and role models. They are topics identified by Burmese youth journalists and their peers within the country and the Burmese community on the Thai border.

The radio project also aims to get information to ethnic minorities and hard-to-reach communities in order to "inspire listeners to learn about their rights, their role in their community and their country and encourage them to discuss issues online and in weekly listening groups....Working with local partners, LLKS listening groups take place in some of the most remote areas of the country so young people from all backgrounds can listen and discuss the issues raised by the show."

Youth, Democracy and Governance, Rights

The video below is an interview with Yan Htaik Seng, an LLKS radio producer.