Thursday, September 14, 2023

Newspapers in Education

I am curious if our major newspapers offered Newspapers in Education programs.

Recently, I emailed News Corporation and received no response, but Nine Entertainment (owners of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Australian Financial Review replied to my email by indicating that the available resources are the newspaper itself, whether it was print or digital.

News Corporation runs Kids News, which contains news articles curated for children
https://www.kidsnews.com.au/ along with teaching resources.

It's disappointing, that there are no such programs on offer, given how newspapers do have a place in our schools, given that even with digital technologies, they still offer credible and reliable information on what is happening in our world.

I have prepared an article for the School Library Association of NSW blog, which explores the role of newspapers in our schools which will be published soon.