Young Perspective

General information

Young Perspective is a newspaper entirely written for and run by young people. All the work, from logo and website design through to front page articles, is done by people in the age bracket of 14 to 24.

Young Perspective acts as a portfolio for those who wish to go into writing or journalism and, at the same time, gives a unique perspective on the current affairs. The newspaper, created in July 2013, also gives young people the chance to get their work published, the chance to get feedback from their peers and to get experiences such as press conferences and theatre press nights.

“I started Young Perspective after a great week of work experience with the BBC. I want to go into journalism when I am older and I know that one needs a large portfolio to get into that area.

"I thought that there must be other young people out there in the same boat as me, young people wanting to build portfolios.” said Isaac Callan, founder and editor, “So I advertised on Gumtree and got a good response, including a design student offering to create the logo.

“The aim of the publication is to give young people the chance to write regularly, learn to meet deadlines and to publish a young point of view for everyone to read.”

Since its start-up Young Perspective has proved popular, forging a relationship with The Chocolate Tree, Edinburgh and drawing praise from Ian Rankin. The bestselling author described the paper as ‘well-written’, ‘well-edited’ and ‘well-produced.’