This spring, Healthy NewsWorks delivered a half dozen Family Engagement Workshops, a new initiative to reach out to families and to students who don’t have Healthy NewsWorks in their classrooms….

Healthy NewsWorks will receive a $2,500 challenge gift from two anonymous donors if we receive 50 contributions from individuals before midnight June 30.   As the 2024-25 school year comes to…

Three student-produced videos, including an animated comic about cell phone use, were shown to spur discussion during the Healthy Conversations event in April 2025.   The videos grew out of student…

The Healthy NewsWorks community gathered on April 29 for Healthy Conversations, an evening of food, community, video screenings, and discussions facilitated by our student reporters. >> See video highlights and…

The latest edition of By Kids, For Kids is officially in print!  This edition focuses on Making Good Decisions and includes articles written by Healthy NewsWorks reporters from our core…

Healthy NewsWorks is pleased to announce that Martha E. Morse has joined the board of directors.  Marty began her career as a corporate lawyer who did mergers and acquisitions and…

Healthy NewsWorks student reporters who are serving as ambassadors for their schools have been working hard to prepare for the upcoming Healthy Conversations event, where they will facilitate discussions about…

Working in South Jersey is particularly meaningful for Healthy NewsWorks Program Associate Steve Riggs. “Being a native of Camden, I feel proud to be back in the city where I…

Three schools in the School District of Philadelphia have recently produced their first Healthy NewsWorks newspapers. The Isaac A. Sheppard Healthy Shark, Alexander Adaire Fit Fish, and Julia de Burgos…

Healthy NewsWorks student reporters have been learning about the essential role that healthy sleep habits play in overall well-being. In recent newspaper issues, reporters from Inquiry Charter Healthy Owl Times…

Investing in children’s health and literacy  Healthy NewsWorks is a unique health and literacy program that works with elementary and middle school student journalists in under-resourced schools to develop their…