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Newspaper in Education
and Student Journalism Programs
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More than 750 North American newspapers sponsor
year-round Newspaper In Education programs providing newspapers
to schools at reduced rates. More than 70,000 schools use newspapers
as a text for learning in the classroom. |
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During the first full week of March, the Foundation sponsors
Newspaper In Education Week to raise awareness for NIE. A special
set of curriculum materials is distributed by the Foundation for
use in the schools that week. |
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More than 500 entries from students across the United States
were received by the Foundation for its contest to choose a cover
for the 2000 NAA Foundation Youth Literacy tabloid. Celebrating
International Literacy Day on September 8, the "Lit Tab"
is an annual section developed by the Foundation to be used as
an insert by newspapers, with space to add articles and advertising
for local identification. |
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The Foundation provides information and resources to newspapers,
educators and young people to support the publication of school
newspapers. This includes the annual Seed Money Grants for Student
Newspapers–40 grants of up to $2,500 awarded to student newspapers
that are in danger of closing or have stopped publishing. |
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The Program Excellence Awards recognize outstanding efforts
by newspapers in the areas of NIE, literacy and youth content.
Entries are due early in the year and can include any outstanding
accomplishment from the preceding year. |
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Seventy percent of newspapers regularly publish or sponsor
locally produced events, articles, and/or sections for young people.
To that end, the Foundation provides a headquarters and support
for the Youth Editors Association of America (YEAA). |
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The NIE e-forum was established to provide a way for NIE professionals
and others interested in Newspaper In Education to stay connected.
The e-forum includes both a mailing list (Listserve) and an archive
of messages on the Internet. More than 500 people are signed on. |
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The NAA Foundation and the Student Press Law Center of Arlington,
Va., have produced "The Starting Point: Young Journalists and
the Law," a comprehensive guide to the special legal and ethical
issues involved when journalists are minors and when journalists
interview sources who are minors. |
In Support of Free
Press
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Thirty-four journalists were killed worldwide in 1999, and at
year’s end, at least 87 journalists were held in prison,
according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. CPJ documented
cases of press freedom violations in more than 120 countries,
with China holding at least 19 reporters and editors in prison,
the largest number of jailed jounalists in one country, and Turkey
holding 18, the second-highest number in the world. |
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Dates
to Remember
International Literacy Day, September 8, 2000
National Newspaper Week, October 8-14, 2000
International Newspaper Carrier Day,
October 14, 2000
Newspaper In Education Week, March 5-9, 2001
Freedom of Information Day, March 16, 2001
NIE2001–NAA Foundation Conference on
Newspaper In Education, Denver, April 3-6
World Press Freedom Day, May 3, 2001
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