We help New York City public schools start student news publications
How: Through teacher and student training, curriculum consulting, mentoring & coaching and custom resources
Check out some of the journalism work our partner schools are doing…
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Press Pass NYC Showcase
Highlights from Our Partner School Publications
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Pacer NYC
The Student News Site of Pace High School
Adviser: David Rohlfing
Student Journalism Leaders Fellows: Kate Iza, Katelynn Seetaram, Soumik Dey -
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The UAM Hub
The Student News Site of the Urban Assembly School for Media Studies
Adviser: Britney Vice -
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Bronx River News
The Student News Site of Bronx River High School
Advisor: Ms. Porterfield
Student Journalism Leaders Fellows: Sara Singh & Jocellyn Velez -
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The Queens Inquirer
The Student News Site of Queens School of Inquiry
Adviser: Deborah Rebore -
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TCA Heights
The Student News Site of The College Academy
Adviser: Andrew Averill
THE PROBLEM
Media distrust, civic disengagement, news illiteracy, and profound inequity in access to student journalism, the surest pipeline to a journalism career; these are some of the challenges we face today and some of the reasons for reviving student journalism in our public schools as we work to rebuild an educational system that empowers, engages and informs.
OUR APPROACH
Press Pass NYC meets under-resourced schools where they are to provide them with the free faculty training, student programs, and fundamental support necessary to start a sustainable school newspaper program. Seeing a school newspaper in every public school in New York City, in the form that’s best for that school and those students, is how our approach will and does make all the difference.
Press Pass NYC’s 2024-25 Student Journalism Leaders Fellows! Each one committed to helping their school’s news publishing program succeed!
OUR VISION
A city where every student has the opportunity to experience journalism—to learn what it means to make news responsibly as well as consume it, to use that knowledge to amplify their own voice and those of their fellow students, and to use those skills to maximize their success in school and beyond; A city where every school can boast of a culture of critical thinking, media literacy and community.
