Youth Press Italia was born in 2007 as an informal and independent association of young people interested in media. The idea came from a group of Italian participants to the European Youth Media Days 2007 in the European Parliament in Brussels.
Registered as organization in June 2008, its major aims are: to represent young media makers and journalists at National and European level; to foster participation of young people in Italian’s media landscape; to promote education and training of young people on media awareness and production.