It’s been a big year for Healthy NewsWorks. We’ve grown in size: Student participants (1,700+), school partners (20), and staff (9). Take a look back at our 2024 highlights before we dive into 2025! Winter The year began with AstraZeneca awarding Healthy...
The first newspapers of the 2024-25 school year have been published with more on the way. Healthy NewsWorks reporters have been busy completing interviews, surveys, and research. They are reporting on the benefits of sleep. exercise, and good decision-making for their...
Moriah Hall Teachers continued to report the benefits of Healthy NewsWorks in their classrooms, including its positive impact on developing student writing and research skills, according to a 2024 program evaluation. Thirteen teachers who oversee the classrooms...
Healthy NewsWorks is excited to announce that a new collection of student-produced videos has been added to our website. The videos reflect our 2023–24 reporting theme, “Caring for Our Community and Ourselves,” and each one is paired with a related article that...
Healthy NewsWorks reporters are exploring the connections between health and decision-making this year. Topics include getting enough sleep, handling social media, staying active, and being a good friend. We asked the eighth-grade reporters at The DePaul Catholic...
In October, Healthy NewsWorks took supporters behind the scenes of our program. We heard from students and one of our partner teachers and got a sneak peak of a student film. We also were joined by staff, members of our board, and many new faces. But if...