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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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Over 1,000 entries from students across the United States
were received by the Foundation for its contest to choose a cover
for the 1999 NAA Foundation Youth Literacy tabloid. Celebrating
International Literacy Day, 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–20 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 Award recognizes outstanding efforts
by newspapers in the areas of NIE, literacy and youth content.
Entries are due in late winter 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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As part of the commemoration of the "Tinker Decision," the
NAA Foundation sponsored the "Profiles in Courage: Young People
Who Stand Up for Their Rights" writing contest for teenagers.
NAA Foundation also produced a study guide featuring the story
of the Tinkers and the winning Profiles in Courage Contest. |
In Support of Free Press
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Twenty-four journalists were killed worldwide
in 1998, and at years end, at least 118 journalists were held
in prison, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
CPJ documented cases of press freedom violations in 25 countries,
with Turkey holding at least 27 reporters and editors in prison,
the largest number of jailed journalists in one country, and China
and Ethiopia each holding 12, the second highest number in the
world. |
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Dates
to Remember
International
Literacy Day, September 8, 1999
National Newspaper Week, October 3-9, 1999
International Newspaper Carrier Day, October 9, 1999
Newspaper in Education Week, March 6-10, 2000
Freedom of Information Day, March 16, 2000
NIE 2000--NAA Foundation Conference on Newspaper in Education,
New York City, April 4-7, 2000
World Press Freedom Day, May 3, 2000
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