NEW YORK, Sept. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Scholastic
announced that 45 students, ages 10–14, from across the country and
around the world will join the award-winning Scholastic Kids Press
program for the 2020–2021 academic year. Representing 21 U.S.
states and more than 10 countries around the world, these young
journalists will write "news for kids, by kids," as students have
done throughout the program's more than 20-year history. Kid
Reporters will interview newsmakers and share the perspectives of
their peers on the 2020 U.S. presidential election and other issues
and topics that matter most to their generation.
Meet the 2020–2021 team of Scholastic Kid
Reporters: http://www.scholastic.com/kidspress.
As schools around the world experience learning disruptions due
to the coronavirus pandemic, Scholastic Kids Press continues to
help students everywhere stay engaged in current events, regardless
of their learning environment. Scholastic Kid Reporters gain
valuable writing and critical-thinking skills through this unique
journalism experience as they conduct research and interviews, and
write news stories. Kid Reporter articles are published on the
Scholastic Kids Press website, and in select issues of Scholastic
Classroom Magazines, which reach 25 million students
nationwide.
"Kids have experienced monumental changes in their lives this
year, prompting questions about health, science, and racial
justice," said Suzanne McCabe,
editor of Scholastic Kids Press. "By writing about issues that
affect them and contextualizing the news for their peers, our Kid
Reporters help keep themselves and our young readers informed. By
asking tough questions, they also identify leaders in their
communities who have solutions."
Scholastic Kids Press has empowered kids to document historic
events and interview a range of influential figures over the past
two decades, including conservationist Jane Goodall, Librarian of Congress
Carla Hayden, composer
Lin-Manuel Miranda,
award-winning author Jason
Reynolds, and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, in addition to United States presidents Barack Obama and Donald J. Trump. During the 2019–2020
program year alone, Kid Reporters covered the Democratic and
Republican National Conventions, climate strike rallies, and Black
Lives Matter protests. They also shared eyewitness accounts of the
impact of the coronavirus pandemic on their communities,
chronicling local responses to the deadly virus.
To learn more about Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global
children's publishing, education, and media company, visit the
Company's media room: http://mediaroom.scholastic.com.
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