Money Stress
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The Bronx Radio Rookies stories were broadcast in October 2009 during Morning Edition on WNYC Radio. To produce these stories, WYNC's Radio Rookies partnered with our very own Next Generation Center, a fantastic multi-service youth drop-in center.
With joblessness at a 26 year high, many people across the country are getting a crash course in coping with the stress of not having a steady pay check. Rookie Reporter Erikka Diaz, like many of her neighbors in South Bronx, has lived in poverty her whole life. Her family knows well the anxiety that comes with constantly having to scrape enough money together to pay the rent, buy groceries, and have enough left over for all the things kids want, like going to the prom, or a new pair of sneakers.
