Young co-hosts the NPR and WBUR daily news magazine program Here and Now along with Scott Tong and Deepa Fernandes.
[6] From 1982 to 1983, Young was lead presenter, along with Tom Ellis, for the revamped evening newscasts on WNEV-TV (now WHDH) Channel 7.
After one year, she switched her role at the station and began hosting and producing a number of primetime specials under her own production company, Young Visions.
In 1988, Young was "Life" section anchor of USA Today: The Television Show, a nationally syndicated news program.
[7] She made the documentary The Los Altos Story, promoting HIV/AIDS awareness; she won the Peabody Award in 1990 for this program.