Give Them the Keys -- Updated for NIE Week 2012, this curriculum guide uses newspapers to help develop adolescent literacy skills with lessons linked to Common Core State Standards.
Common Threads – New insights and fresh approaches can help newspapers reach out to young audiences and grow readership.
Community Connections With Geography and the Newspaper -- This two-level geography unit focuses on community – its shape, history and future. Lessons and supplementary organizers target the heart of any newspaper and its sense of place.
API-NAA Foundation Merger Letter from Caroline H. Little, Jan. 25, 2012
Dear Colleagues: This week, the boards of the NAA Foundation and the American Press Institute voted to merge the two organizations.
The new entity will focus on extending the mandates of both organizations to drive education and training for industry professionals. It will be housed at NAA’s current location in Arlington, Va., and will be guided by a new board drawn from both the NAA Foundation Board of Trustees and the API Board of Directors.
By Marina Hendricks , 2011-08-17T14:33:00
A new survey of journalism and mass communications graduates shows that the level of employment rose slightly in 2010. The survey, one of four conducted regularly by the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia and funded in part by the NAA Foundation, reveals that 2010 bachelor's degree recipients reported a full-time employment level of 58.2 percent, up...
Missed a Session? Visit the Archives to Access Recordings and Presentations
Webinars on young-reader and diversity issues are offered on a regular basis to Foundation constituents free or at minimal cost. Check out our schedule of our upcoming webinars as well as archived resource materials from past ones, including “Reaching Younger Readers” and “Teacher’s Perceptions of NIE.”
Find Out How to Connect With Your Young-Reader Colleagues
We operate two forums (aka "listservs") for newspaper professionals with an interest in young-reader initiatives: one for Newspaper In Education, the other for the Youth Editorial Alliance. Both give participants the change to exchange ideas, seek feedback and share helpful information about young-reader developments and issues at newspapers of all sizes and formats. If you are not currently participating and would like to register for one or both forums, send an e-mail to naafoundation@naa.org with the subject line "Join Forum." Be sure to include your name, job title, newspaper name and full contact information (street address, e-mail and phone number).
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Our e-newsletter provides news and information on young-reader and diversity initiatives in the newspaper industry. Visit our archives to view past issues.
The NAA Foundation’s Young Reader Awards are designed to recognize, showcase and disseminate new and noteworthy ideas in NIE and YEA programs.