NEW YORK, Dec. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The award-winning
Scholastic News Kids Press Corps™, following a busy year reporting
on the race to the White House, including a sit-down interview with
President Barack Obama, today welcomed 16 new Kid Reporters, ages
10 to 14, to the country's oldest and largest student
reporting program. They join 17 returning young journalists, who
report "news for kids, by kids" with coverage of current events,
breaking news, entertainment stories, and sports events from their
hometowns and on the national stage. The 33 Kid Reporters hail from
23 states across the United States
and one province in Canada.
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The new reporters were chosen by the Scholastic News Kids Press
Corps editors from more than 200 student applications that required
students to submit a news report about their local community, ideas
for future stories, and a personal essay explaining why they would
like to be a Kid Reporter. For the full list of reporters, see
below.
"For twelve years, teachers, parents and kids have turned to the
Scholastic News Kids Press Corps to get a kid's perspective on the
news of the day. The Kid Reporter program is the perfect online
supplement for readers of Scholastic News® magazines, which
help to put contemporary issues in a context that is relevant and
age-appropriate for young readers," said Dante A. Ciampaglia, Editor of the Scholastic
News Kids Press Corps. "I am looking forward to working with both
the veteran and new members of the team to help them learn the
importance of good journalism and to grow through their writing and
reporting."
In the past year alone, Kid Reporters have had the opportunity
to interview politicians, entertainers, authors and sports stars
including President Barack Obama, Taylor Swift, Norman Bridwell,
creator of Clifford the Big Red
Dog®, and Amar'e Stoudemire of the New York Knicks.
They've also gathered "Tips from the Pros" from journalists
including Soledad O'Brien of CNN and Chief White House
Correspondent, Chuck Todd, of NBC News.
For more than 12 years, the Scholastic News Kids Press Corps has
delivered "news for kids, by kids". The Kid Reporter videos and
reports are available on the Scholastic News Kids Press Corps site,
and their stories are often published in issues of Scholastic
classroom magazines that are read by more than 30 million students
in classrooms nationwide. This fall they provided extensive
coverage of the presidential election, which appeared on the
award-winning Scholastic 2012 Election site and the devastation and
recovery efforts in the northeast caused by Hurricane Sandy.
The 2012-2013 members of The Scholastic News Kids Press
Corps are:
* indicates new reporter
Alabama
Isabel Hope
Retsinas – Tuscaloosa *
California
Matthew Ferreira – San
Diego *
Anya Jensen – San Francisco *
Diego Magana -- Oxnard
Connecticut
Cooper Boardman – Westport *
Washington,
D.C.
Nell Leibovich –
Washington, D.C.
Florida
Topanga Sena -- Orlando
Georgia
Madison Cruz – Woodstock *
Hawaii
Jessica Taylor -- Honolulu
Illinois
Natalie Wexler – Highland Park
Indiana
Grace Ybarra – Indianapolis
Kentucky
Robbie Keyes – Louisville *
Louisiana
Christopher
Pate – Alexandria
Massachusetts
Coleman Hirschberg – Somerville
Maryland
Hannah Prensky – Middletown
Emily Shao – Rockville *
Michigan
Molly Pribble – Ann
Arbor
Minnesota
Aaliyah
Kellogg – Maplewood *
North
Carolina
Thayer Loose
– North Augusta *
Alexandra Pritchard – Raleigh *
New
Jersey
Amiri Tulloch –
Woodbridge
New York
Dani Bergman Chudnow – New York
Fred Hechinger – New York
Ohio
Mahathi
Venkatesh – Strongsville *
Pennsylvania
Katelyn Barr – Wayne
Matthew Moore – New Castle
Rhiannon Potter – Starrucca *
Texas
Millie Hernandez – Pasadena *
Vermont
Rebecca Berlind – Burlington *
Washington
Elizabeth Claire Peterson – Kirkland *
Canada
Cindy Xiong – Ontario *
The full list of Kid Reporters, along with their bios, can be
viewed here.
For more information, please visit the Scholastic News Kids
Press Corps at www.scholastic.com/kidspress, or visit the media
room.
SOURCE Scholastic Inc.