Calling All Kid Reporters! Scholastic News Kids Press Corps Looking For Their 2018-19 Kid Reporters!

Big news this week as the award-winning Scholastic News Kids Press Corps opened its call for Kid Reporter applications for the 2018–2019 school year! 

Students ages 10–14 from across the country and around the world are encouraged to apply. All applications must be received by May 31, 2018.

For nearly 20 years, Kid Reporters in the Scholastic News Kids Press Corps have gained valuable writing and critical-thinking skills in addition to first-hand journalism experience through local and national news assignments. 

Past Kid Reporters have had the opportunity to witness important events and interview newsmakers including:

• Former Vice President Joe Biden
• Puerto Rico’s Secretary of Education Dr. Julia Keleher
• UN Secretary-General António Guterres
• Captain Underpants author Dav Pilkey
• Musical theater star Kristin Chenoweth
• Conservationist Jane Goodall
• Comedian and talk show host Trevor Noah
• Tennis player Bethanie Mattek-Sands
• Quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles Nick Foles

Kid Reporter articles and video interviews are available on the Scholastic News Kids Press Corps website as well as in select issues of Scholastic Classroom Magazines, which reach more than 25 million students in classrooms nationwide. In 2017, the Scholastic News Kids Press Corps was recognized by FOLIO: as a min’s Editorial & Design Awards winner for “News Coverage” of the 2016 presidential election, and received honorable mention in the FOLIO: Eddie and Ozzie Awards for “Editorial Team of the Year.”

To learn more about the Scholastic News Kids Press Corps, visit here. 

This is a wonderful opportunity for our young people.  I hope you share with your students, too.