Event recap
Featured experts at our Book Reveal
Healthy NewsWorks reporters, ages 8 to 14, posed questions about the coronavirus pandemic to health experts, journalists, musicians, psychologists, a pastor, and even a NASA astronaut for our 2020 Virtual Book Reveal. The event also showcased our ninth book, Leading Healthy Change In Our Communities 2020. Jackie Judd, a former reporter for ABC News, NPR, and the “PBS NewsHour,” hosted the online event on Wednesday, May 20.
You can see a replay of the Book Reveal on this page, our homepage, or our Facebook page.
Our elementary and middle school reporters interviewed:
Pam Belluck, New York Times medical reporter
Sandra Clark, vice president for news and civic dialogue at WHYY
Angela Duckworth, Ph.D., 2013 MacArthur Fellow and a University of Pennsylvania psychology professor
Ezekiel Emanuel, M.D., vice provost for Global Initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania
Aisha Fukushima, Founder of RAPtivism
Kenneth Gamble, songwriter and producer
Dan Gottlieb, Ph.D., Psychologist, Host of “Voices in the Family”
Aja Graydon and Fatin Dantzler, Kindred The Family Soul
David Kessler, M.D., former commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., professor of health equity and health policy at the University of Pennsylvania
Kathleen Sebelius, former secretary of U.S. Health and Human Services
Helen Ubiñas, Philadelphia Inquirer metro columnist
Ali Velshi, host of “Live with Ali Velshi” on MSNBC.
Rev. Dr. Alyn Waller, senior pastor of Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church
Douglas Wheelock, Colonel, U.S. Army, Ret., NASA astronaut
Highlights
Read our 2020 book
Meet our 2020 health leaders
Philadelphia’s health commissioner, a biology researcher, an anti-litter advocate, and a waterways educator are among 10 health leaders interviewed by student reporters this year for Leading Healthy Change In Our Communities. Find out who they are and how they and others are working to make our communities healthier and safer. Read more
Check out our earlier books
Recent Student Work
Making Sense of the Virus
Because of the COVID-19 shutdown, Healthy NewsWorks has shifted its program online during 2020. See the page we’ve created to help kids, teachers, and families better understand the new coronavirus and its impact. Read more