Jim Abbott
Vice President, Newspaper Association of America Foundation
Areas of expertise Newspapers and literacy
Newspapers in Education (NIE) programs – scope and quality
Newspapers in the classroom
NIE programs – world
Research showing the impact of newspaper use on student test scores Jim Abbott has a long background in both education and newspapers. He was a junior high teacher for seven years, served as a school principal for four years and a curriculum consultant for the Maine Department of Education for five years. He became the statewide NIE coordinator for Maine in 1979. Abbott held several positions, all related to NIE and literacy, at the Portland (Maine) Press Herald. In 1998, Abbott was named manager of Education Programs for the Newspaper Association of America Foundation, and was later promoted to director of education programs. In 2003, he was promoted to vice president of the NAA Foundation. In his work at the Foundation, Abbott has been responsible for coordinating the NIE efforts at 950 newspapers in the United States as well as serving on the World Association of Newspapers NIE Committee. Media contact: Sheila Owens; Jeff Sigmund
Speaking topics The educational impact of NIE programs
Evaluating your NIE program
Time management
Free and Inexpensive NIE resources
Published works
Foundation Update – Monthly newsmagazine of the NAA Foundation
Recommended NAA publications
NIE Getting Started – Beginning or reviving an NIE program
Workshop Workbook – conducting an NIE workshop
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