Tribune works with public schools in Chicago
5 September 2008TheMash, the paper’s collaboration with Chicago Public Schools on a weekly newspaper for and largely written by Chicago teens, is scheduled to make its debut Sept. 4 with an initial distribution of 100,000 copies in the city’s 130 public high schools. Student contributors will receive training and guidance from Chicago Tribune employees, and the product will deliver advertisers a vehicle to reach an elusive demographic. Verizon Wireless and Nike have signed on as “presenting sponsors.” Participating students receive a stipend for the work, said Tran Ha, TheMash’s editor. 40 students representing 20 schools have signed on and the paper is looking to recruit more contributors by the end of the month. (http://wwww.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-thu-themash-0904-sep04,0,6088001.story 9/4)
We did something similar to this in the early 90’s in Detroit where the Detroit Newspapers NIE Dept. coordinated with now defunct Michigan National Bank to set up “learning banks” in elementary schools.
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