Kokosing's work is intended to travel beyond the people who collected the data.

Our student researchers have used original findings to write for general audiences about social media, academic pressure, mental health, technology, and the experience of growing up in the Bay Area. That work is an important part of the research process. It requires deciding what the evidence can support, what it cannot, and how to make an argument clear without making it simpler than the data allows.

Press & Media Coverage

Kokosing Institute research and student-authored analysis have been featured in regional media outlets, translating youth-generated data into public-facing commentary on technology, academic pressure, and adolescent mental health.

Selected Coverage

Marin Independent Journal — “Bay Area Student Survey Puts Spotlight on Critical Thinking” — Op-ed drawing on findings from the Kokosing Youth Futures Project.

Richmond Review / Sunset Beacon — “Online Scrolling Is a Destructive Reality for Many Teens,” commentary based on original Kokosing Institute survey data on social media use and teen mental health.

For journalists and researchers

Kokosing researchers are available to discuss our findings, methodology, and ongoing work on youth technology use, AI in education, social media and information habits, academic pressure, and young people's economic outlook.

We are also interested in helping journalists move beyond broad claims about "Gen Z" or teenagers when original data can make the picture more precise.

Media inquiries may be directed to Dylan Sibbitt, President and Lead Researcher, at dylansibbitt@gmail.com.