Sew cool (Thanks to the debut of season five of "Project Runway," sewing is hip again... for the fifth time around. And fashionistas have another new reality show -- this time from Vogue) (The Capital Times) (WSJ)- MTV returns to

When a younger family member "friended" me on Facebook, I was shocked to see some of the photos she posted of her self. In college Facebook circles, uploading albums overflowing with pictures taken by you/of you is a social no-no.

We have a couple of new jobs over at the Ypulse Jobs site -- remember, if you want to reach thousands of youth media and marketing professionals, consider posting on our job board. We'll repost on Ypulse and send it

We're taking today off from blogging after a very successful 2008 Ypulse National Mashup. We had over 400 people attend at various points over the past two days -- we'll blog some highlights tomorrow and post photos on Flickr. For

The Ypulse Mashup is buzzing this morning with attendees talking about teen and tween research, YA publishing and youth activism. I am very sad to say we aren't recording this year (though we really, really want to find a partner

We need two volunteers! If you're local and wanted to attend the Ypulse Mashup but just didn't have it in your budget, we're looking for two volunteers to help us out on site Monday and Tuesday. You will be working,

I did a taped interview earlier this week for The CBS Early Show on "avatars behaving badly" -- it's supposed to air on Monday morning (and I might do a live interview at 5 a.m.) but of course, it might

With "High School Musical 3" hitting theaters soon, it was inevitable that Vanessa Hudgens would end up on someone's August cover -- and CosmoGIRL! snagged her. The actress chats about dating Zac Efron, recording a music album, and those pesky

Over at Ypulse Books, Alli has rounded up reviews for a few of our superstar authors who will be speaking (and signing!) at the Ypulse Books pre-conference Monday. In today's Ypulse Book Essentials, you will learn about urban lit, the

You have two more days to register for the Ypulse Mashup online (you can still register on site, but it will cost you a bit more)...Don't miss Charlene Li, whose book Groundswell, was featured in today's Advertising Age. Charlene will

As part of Fuse Marketing's anchor sponsorship of the Ypulse Mashup, we offered them the opportunity to write a series of guest posts on Ypulse. Below is the third post in this series...Rebel RebelBy Ara Finlayson, Associate Director, Fuse"Choose life.

Many months ago I spoke on a panel at the Churchill Club about the issue of "trust" that was sponsored by Edelman PR, which publishes an annual Trust Barometer. According to the 2008 Trust Barometer, young people ages 24 to

Today's Ypulse Guest Post is from Derek Baird. I met Derek when he was working with Yahoo! For Teachers, and we collaborated on the Totally Wired Teacher award at last year's Mashup. Derek is an technology consultant, speaker, and author

It's Wednesday, which means we've got fresh content over at Ypulse Books. If you didn't get this from Alli's last post about The Hunger Games, she is really, really into this book. Today she reveals why she can't put this

The Ypulse Mashup begins Monday! There is still time to register. Mashup speaker John Davison, who will be moderating a panel on casual gaming for youth aka Casual Games? That's What Mom Plays, Right?, was featured on The Today Show

I was driving home yesterday listening to NPR's All Things Considered when they ran a short piece from Youth Radio on the number one hit single "I Kissed A Girl." The piece features different teens reacting to the pop song

I'm sure this will deter lots of teen girls from wanting to get pregnant..."They'd told me it would be an eight- to 12-hour labor, and I was ready to have the baby in three to four hours," Jamie Lynn [aka

Alloy's AMP Agency now has a second research report posted on Ypulse Research. This report is a special cut of respondents ages 18-24 from Women AMPlified: Unravelling Her Shopping DNA, AMP Agency's survey of women's shopping habits and influencers. AMP

Japan's hottest celeb bloggers (meet Japans A-listers, courtesy of Wired)- More on 'Gossip Girl's' fashion influence (and rampant product placement) (New York Times, reg. required) - Giving new meaning to the term 'Screenagers' (we're all consuming media on more screens

As part of Fuse Marketing's anchor sponsorship of the Ypulse Mashup, we offered them the opportunity to write a series of guest posts on Ypulse. Below is the second in this series...One Giant Stage: How the user-generated content generation is