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Eileen Ruby joins Healthy NewsWorks board

Eileen Ruby joins Healthy NewsWorks board

March 2019…Healthy NewsWorks is pleased to welcome Eileen G. Ruby as a new member of its board. Eileen is a private investor and advisor who formerly worked as a Wall…
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Learning what helps keep hearts healthy

March 2019…Kindergartners at Whitehall Elementary School in Norristown recently learned that exercise is healthy for their hearts. Amy Deahl-Greenlaw, a registered dietitian nutritionist who works with Healthy NewsWorks, read the…
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A transatlantic interview for AMY Northwest reporters

Editor’s note: This article is written by Dana Duncombe, a Healthy NewsWorks alumna. February 2019…Student journalists from AMY Northwest Middle School in Philadelphia recently conducted a transatlantic interview with their…
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Eat RED for Heart Month

Amy Deahl-Greenlaw, a registered dietition nutritionist and adjunct faculty member for Healthy NewsWorks, shares heart-healthy insights and recipes. February 2019…February is American Heart Month and a good time to check…
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‘Bugs are cool,’ student reporters learn

February 2019…When Franklin Institute Chief Bioscientist Dr. Jayatri Das bounced into a room at Philadelphia’s renowned science museum, a team of William Cramp Elementary School student reporters could see they…
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10 years of learning through experience at East Norriton

January 2019…One of Vicki Strickland’s favorite memories of working with the Bulldog Bulletin, the health-focused newspaper at East Norriton Middle School, was going with her student reporters to visit an…
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Celebrating our 2018 successes and a look ahead

A message from the executive director January 2019 … We are grateful almost beyond words for the support Healthy NewsWorks received during 2018 from our schools and the community. Perhaps…
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The Twisting Dragon comes to Whitehall

December 2018… A visitor to the Whitehall Elementary School library recently might well have come to the conclusion that elementary school children don’t have skeletons. Under the guidance of Aimee…
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Presses roll for health newspapers

December 2018… Student reporters at a number of Philadelphia and Norristown schools have been cranking out copy for their first health-focused newspaper issues of the 2018-19 school year—and several teams…
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New lessons for reader classrooms

December 2018 … Healthy NewsWorks is rolling out new lessons to broaden engagement in health learning and nonfiction reading throughout the schools where its health-focused newspapers are published. Developed in…
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