Find current and past articles about our program, our people, student work, events, and milestones.
Introducing our 2019 health leaders
March 2019 … Finding the connections among people, birds, trees, gardens, and parks are among the ways 10 Philadelphia-area health leaders say they’re working to make our communities healthier and…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
November 2018 … Healthy NewsWorks is pleased to announce that Executive Director Marian Uhlman was one of two runners-up in the 2018 Be Well Philly Health Hero Challenge. As a…
