NAA Foundation Awards $50,000 To Help Student Newspapers
T he NAA Foundation has awarded $50,000 in seed grant money to partnerships between local newspapers and secondary schools to help establish or revive student newspapers nationwide. Grants of $2,500 each will go to 20 such partnerships.
This is the sixth year grants have been awarded to proposals for creating a student newspaper where none exists or stabilizing and strengthening newspapers at risk. More than 100 schools have benefited from the student/newspaper partnerships that require newspapers and secondary schools to commit to working together. The schools are also encouraged to find a university partner, if possible.
"Many industries have long recognized the need to invest in future talent by providing equipment, support and training for students and teachers at the high-school level," says Toni F. Laws, NAA senior vice president for diversity and NAA Foundation. "The relationship between newspapers and the student journalism initiatives in their local schools has been distant for far too long. Programs like this signal a new era of collaboration."
Grants from the NAA Foundation provide financial assistance to encourage the development and strengthening of the partnerships. The grants cover newspaper production and distribution costs and fees for adviser and staff-member training. Some partnerships also provide paid internships and scholarships.
Grants were awarded to the following partnerships:
Valley View High School, Jonesboro, Ark., Osceola (Ark.) Times
and Arkansas State University
Bourgade Catholic High School, Phoenix, The Arizona Republic, Phoenix,
and Arizona State University, Tempe
St. Francis Borgia Regional High School, Washington, Mo., The Washington Missourian
and Saint Louis University
Heritage High School and the Loudoun Times-Mirror, both in Leesburg, Va.,
and Shenandoah University, Winchester, Va.
Kingsley (Mich.) High School, Traverse City (Mich.) Record-Eagle
and Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City
Waialua (Hawaii) High and Intermediate School, The Honolulu Advertiser
and University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu
Mission High School, San Francisco, San Francisco Chronicle
and San Francisco State University
Brewster (Wash.) High School, Quad City Herald, Brewster,
and Central Washington University, Ellensburg
Velma Jackson Magnet High School, Camden, Miss., The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Miss.,
and Jackson State University
Crescent School District, Joyce, Wash., Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, Wash.,
and Peninsula College, Port Angeles
Glades Central High School, Belle Glade, Fla.,
and The Palm Beach Post, West Palm Beach, Fla.
Booker High School, Sarasota, Fla.,
and Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Columbia High School, Decatur, Ga.,
and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences, The Daily Southtown, Tinley Park, Ill.,
and Beverly Review, Chicago
Cannon Falls (Minn.) High School
and The Cannon Falls Beacon
John A. Johnson High School, St. Paul
and Star Tribune, Minneapolis
Havelock (N.C.) High School
and Havelock News
Dayville (Ore.) High School
and Blue Mountain Eagle, John Day, Ore.
Madison High School, Portland, Ore.,
and The Oregonian, Portland
Friday Harbor (Wash.) High School
and The Journal of the San Juan Islands, Friday Harbor, Wash. 