We believe that reaching out to the younger generation is critical and we have worked hand-in-hand with schools in New York City and across the country to attract the next generation of readers. We are committed to a number of educational efforts, including:
Grades Kindergarten – 12th
Newspaper in Education: Our two largest papers – The New York Times and The Boston Globe – are active in supporting the Newspaper in Education (NIE) program, which promotes the use of newspapers in classrooms to complement texts and encourage newspaper reading among young people. Many Kindergarten through 12th grade teachers who use The Times in their classrooms are now using the electronic edition – more than 60% of NIE copies in spring 2009 were served as electronic copies.
In addition, many of our regional newspapers allow subscribers to donate their papers to the NIE program when they are on vacation.
The Learning Network: The Learning Network is a blog that highlights rich and imaginative materials for teaching and learning using New York Times content. Geared to grades 3-12 teachers, students and parents, the site uses Times articles as springboards for activities for the classroom and home, including lesson plans, daily news quizzes, news summaries, crossword puzzles and an "On This Day in History" section.
News Literacy Project: The New York Times is a participating news organization in The News Literacy Project, an innovative national program to mobilize journalists to help middle and high school students sort fact from fiction in the digital age.
The New York Times Upfront: The New York Times Upfront, a news magazine for teens that makes it easy for teachers to connect current events to their curriculum, is published by Scholastic in collaboration with The New York Times. This biweekly magazine includes, among other features, reports from Times correspondents around the globe on national and international news.
College and Universities
College Programs: The Times currently has programs on nearly 1,300 college campuses across the country and typically distributes more than 130,000 copies a day during the school year. The Times collaborates with colleges and universities to custom-design programs that:
- Provide newspapers at a discounted rate;
- Support faculty in developing strategies to integrate The Times into the curriculum; and
- Sponsor events and Times speaker programs that bring current issues to life.
In 2008 Times journalists made about 100 speaking appearances on college campuses across the United States.
The New York Times Student Journalism Institute: The New York Times Student Journalism Institute brings together student journalists with writers, editors, designers and photographers from The New York Times and The Boston Globe to work individually in a newsroom setting. The students are assigned to cover real news and the results are posted on the Institute Web site, with the best work published in a newspaper at the end of the Institute.
The Institute is offered twice a year, in the first two weeks of January for student members of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and in the last two weeks in May for student members of the National Association of Black Journalists or students at historically black colleges and universities.
