Our mission is to close the achievement gap
by giving all inner-city students a platform for critical thinking and self-expression
through engaging them in meaningful journalism study.

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Program Costs
SVP can support a start-up journalism program in each school for $30,000 for the first 2 years.

The program model covers five categories of costs:

1. discretionary / start-up costs
2. professional development fees
3. production costs
4. the experienced journalism adviser stipend
5. the embedded journalism adviser stipend

SVP’s points of parity are the discretionary / start-up costs and production costs, which are comparable to non-SVP student journalism programs. SVP’s point of differentiation is the training offered to the embedded journalism adviser. These costs are represented in the Professional Development, Journalism Adviser, and Experienced Journalism Adviser cost categories. The training component of the program accounts for over half of the cost of the program ($13,200). Fostering the development of teachers who are dedicated to the success of the journalism program allows SVP to drive superior results through enhanced journalism instruction.