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Competition
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| On-Campus | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Teacher Compensation | No | No | No | Yes |
| Teacher Professional Development | Yes (optional) | No | Yes | Yes |
| Length of Engagement | 1-2 yrs | 1-4 yrs | 1 yr | 2 yrs |
| Professional Journalist Mentor | School locates one | Yes (provided) | School locates one | Yes (provided) |
| Proprietary Curriculum | Yes (Optional) | Yes | No | Yes |
| Total Size of School Support | $7,500 | N/A | $2,500 | $30,000 |
There is a myriad of creative writing and journalism programs around the US, each with different missions and program offerings. These programs have the potential to compete for access to foundation grants, although the variation in program offerings creates the potential for partnerships that would benefit schools.
Newspaper Association of America Foundation (NAAF)
The NAAF was established by the American Newspaper Publisher Association in 1961 and is supported by the newspaper industry. The goals of the foundation are to create and deliver programs to encourage news readership, increase the prestige of journalism as a career, study the use of innovation to increase readership, and implement programs to assist media companies in attracting talent. The foundation promotes several grants for secondary education. The Student/Newspaper Partnership Grant provides a maximum of $7,500 over two years to create or revive student newspapers in partnership with local professional newspapers. The Young Publishers Grant provides $2,500 for partnerships between school newspapers and volunteers from local newspapers to develop business plans for struggling student newspapers. The Five High program, created in partnership with the Knight Foundation, provides a 3 credit course curriculum for reading, writing, journalism, grammar, linguistics, and visual literacy that can be downloaded from the website. Lastly, the foundation provides a 3-day training course for journalism advisers about web publications.
The NAAF was established by the American Newspaper Publisher Association in 1961 and is supported by the newspaper industry. The goals of the foundation are to create and deliver programs to encourage news readership, increase the prestige of journalism as a career, study the use of innovation to increase readership, and implement programs to assist media companies in attracting talent. The foundation promotes several grants for secondary education. The Student/Newspaper Partnership Grant provides a maximum of $7,500 over two years to create or revive student newspapers in partnership with local professional newspapers. The Young Publishers Grant provides $2,500 for partnerships between school newspapers and volunteers from local newspapers to develop business plans for struggling student newspapers. The Five High program, created in partnership with the Knight Foundation, provides a 3 credit course curriculum for reading, writing, journalism, grammar, linguistics, and visual literacy that can be downloaded from the website. Lastly, the foundation provides a 3-day training course for journalism advisers about web publications.
Write Girl
Write Girl was created in the non-profit incubator, Community Partners, and provides writing and mentoring to at-risk girls in Los Angeles. Specifically, the program offers weekly one-on-one mentoring with professional female writers, monthly creative writing workshops, and special readings and events throughout Los Angeles. Write Girl also publishes an annual anthology of writings from the previous year. Write Girl boasts a high rate of success with 100% of the mentees attending college.
Write Girl was created in the non-profit incubator, Community Partners, and provides writing and mentoring to at-risk girls in Los Angeles. Specifically, the program offers weekly one-on-one mentoring with professional female writers, monthly creative writing workshops, and special readings and events throughout Los Angeles. Write Girl also publishes an annual anthology of writings from the previous year. Write Girl boasts a high rate of success with 100% of the mentees attending college.
High School Journalism (hsj.org)
HSJ is an initiative launched by the American Society of News Editors (ASNE), a non-profit organization focused on leadership development and journalism related issues, such as First Amendment rights. In addition to the goals of its parent organization, HSJ aims to promote journalism as a career, increase diversity in journalism, and encourage appreciation of news among teens. The HSJ web site hosts teen-created news from more than 3,000 student newspapers on my.hsj.org, publishes a weekly collection of the most widely viewed articles, provides grants to news organizations that commit to mentor local high schools, and operates an advertising network to help school newspapers reach financial sustainability. In addition, high school teachers can apply to an intensive 2-week journalism training program that is funded by the Reynolds Institute.
HSJ is an initiative launched by the American Society of News Editors (ASNE), a non-profit organization focused on leadership development and journalism related issues, such as First Amendment rights. In addition to the goals of its parent organization, HSJ aims to promote journalism as a career, increase diversity in journalism, and encourage appreciation of news among teens. The HSJ web site hosts teen-created news from more than 3,000 student newspapers on my.hsj.org, publishes a weekly collection of the most widely viewed articles, provides grants to news organizations that commit to mentor local high schools, and operates an advertising network to help school newspapers reach financial sustainability. In addition, high school teachers can apply to an intensive 2-week journalism training program that is funded by the Reynolds Institute.