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The Healthy NewsWorks fall fundraising appeal is underway! We invite you to donate to our program by Dec. 31, 2024, to help us Build a Healthy Future. >>Donate now or…
The eighth-grade staff members at Chester Charter Scholars Academy (CCSA) are wrapping up the inaugural edition of the school’s health newspaper. It’s also Healthy NewsWorks’s first program in the city…
Healthy NewsWorks has been awarded a three-year grant by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a leading national philanthropy focused on health and health equity. The grant will accelerate Healthy NewsWorks’…
Healthy NewsWorks is pleased to announce two changes to our board of directors, effective Oct. 1. Blair Jones, a senior finance director at Comcast, joined the board, and Omar D….
One of Healthy NewsWorks’ former reporters has made his way to primetime! Dean Millard, a former Healthy NewsWorks reporter, recently worked as a runner for ABC News, assisting with production…
The Fall 2024 edition of our By Kids, For Kids magazine is out! It is the second of two magazine issues that our reporters produced on our 2023–24 theme, “Caring…
A return to school means that Healthy NewsWorks also is back in the classroom. Our staff members have started “boot camp” for our main newspaper reporters in Philadelphia, Camden, Norristown—and…
Check out our Summer 2024 Update for a recap on the 2023–24 school year and a look ahead to everything our reporters will focus on during the 2024–25 year. Plus,…
In the year ahead, our reporting theme is “Making Good Decisions.” Reporters will explore topics such as why getting enough sleep is important, how to make and be a good…
Healthy NewsWorks is pleased to announce the addition of three new staff members to our team: Chief of Staff John LaChine, Program Associate Steve Riggs, and Communications Associate Meg Gladieux. …
“Am I going to be the first Swedish student who gets to write for Healthy NewsWorks?” asked one of Mr. Coleman’s students from Colegio Nueva Granada, an international school in…
As we head into the beginning of the school year, we’re also preparing for our new Core Reporters! Each Healthy NewsWorks reporter receives a kit with all the basics they’ll…
