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N.Y.’s cell phone ban aids student journalism
When Zee Rosado joined the newspaper club at the High School of Art and Design in ninth grade, the A&D Observer‘s first online edition got a great response in June 2025. A total of 1,082 visitors logged in to read articles about student entrepreneurs, the fencing team and President Trump’s education cuts…
Some NYC Teens Have a New Hobby: The School Paper
A push to restart high school newspapers focuses on what journalism can do for the students who create it.
Starting a school newspaper transformed the learning experience of my students and gave them joy
Trusted reporting is needed more than ever, so let’s have school newspapers pave the way for the next generation
How one school newspaper navigates concerns over journalistic freedom and personal safety
As journalism and political speech come under increasing scrutiny, one group of local student journalists and their advisor have been wrestling with tough decisions about journalistic freedom, personal safety, and the digital footprint.
A Plan to Fund High School Newspapers Seeks to Revive Student Journalism
Just 27 percent of public high schools in New York City have a newspaper. A local nonprofit is offering a solution…
Why journalism is a necessity for schools in communities of color
Jewel Robinson, a native of Guyana, has been a teacher at Queens Preparatory Academy (QPA) since September 2011, at a time when the school did not have a journalism program…
Student journalism isn’t kids’ stuff
It is so gratifying that Schools Chancellor David Banks has expressed support for Press Pass NYC, an organization founded by educators and former journalists dedicated to creating a pipeline for that next generation — an “upstream solution to a downstream problem,” as Mayor Adams likes to say.
After a decade-long hiatus, Forest Hills High School students relaunch newspaper
There’s a beacon in the basement of Forest Hills High School in Queens. And for a decade, it shone no light.
But after a 10-year hiatus, The Beacon, the school’s student newspaper was recently revived and has been shining a light on issues affecting Forest Hills High School students all year.
WNYC's Michael Hill Interviews Student Journalists of Forest Hills High School's The Beacon
Many are of course wondering why the electricity briefly went out around the boroughs just before midnight last Thursday. Con Ed says a power surge took place at a DUMBO substation while a transmission line was being restored. Also, Mayor Adams' plan to curb spending on migrants is showing some gains -- at least on paper. The Independent Budget Office predicts the city will spend six to eight billion dollars on migrants' care the next two years, which is much less than the mayor’s office estimate in August of nearly eleven billion. And the GOP has picked Nassau county legislator Mazi Pilip as their candidate to replace former congressman George Santos. Lastly, WNYC’s Michael Hill speaks with the student journalists of Forest Hills High School in Queens behind the newly reformed student paper "The Beacon"
How one school newspaper navigates concerns over journalistic freedom and personal safety
As journalism and political speech come under increasing scrutiny, one group of local student journalists and their advisor have been wrestling with tough decisions about journalistic freedom, personal safety, and the digital footprint.
Debbi Porterfield is a former journalist, who now teaches at the Bronx River high school and serves as the advisor for The Bronx River News. Cesar Jimenez is a student and the paper's Editor-in-Chief. They joined WNYC's Morning Edition host Michael Hill to talk about how to protect kids' speech -- while also protecting them and their families.
The Newest Reporting Recruits
A New York City program wants to foster student journalism. It’s as vexed by reader engagement as the professionals are.