Kidsville News! to sponsor NAE contest for third year

Apr 11, 2014

COLUMBIA, MO—For the third year in a row, Kidsville News!, a literacy and educational newspaper initiative based in Fayetteville, NC, has stepped up to sponsor the National Newspaper Association’s Newspaper And Education contest.

“Since 1998, the Kidsville News! Literacy and Educational resource program has played an important role in the success of community newspapers,” said Bill Bowman, president and founder of Kidsville News!

“In addition to sponsoring the NAE contest, we are extremely proud and excited to continue to license our unique, successful and profitable NIE program with numerous members of the NNA,” said Bowman.

“We thank Kidsville News! for its generous support in helping us recognize the significant role newspapers play in supporting community educational programs,” said NNA Contest Chair Jeff Farren, publisher of the Kendall County Record in Yorkville, IL. “This generous sponsorship ensures each of the contest’s 10 first place winners will receive a check for $100 and an award certificate,” he said.

NNA believes successful newspaper education partnerships should be celebrated, so it has created this enhanced Newspaper In Education contest to highlight newspaper/school partnerships (levels K through community college) that focus on developing fully informed citizens. Both traditional Newspaper In Education programs and non-traditional programs are eligible for entry.

The contest is open to NNA member and non-member newspapers. It will recognize newspapers that have established internships, supported school programs, assisted student journalists and helped local education through activities that reach beyond news coverage. Entries must have been published or carried out between July 1, 2013, and June 30, 2014. More information can be found on NNA’s website.

Contest winners will be informed if they have won by August 2014, and will also be acknowledged during NNA’s 128th Annual Convention & Trade Show, Oct. 2-5, 2014, in San Antonio, TX. Information on the convention is on Page 2 of this issue.

In recognition of its sponsorship, Kidsville News! will be named as a sponsor for the NAE contest in all advance publicity.

Newspapers interested in more information about bringing Kidsville News! into their community, can find more information by visiting the company’s website at kidsvillenews.com.

For more information contact Sara Walsh at 573-777-4980, Facebook: @nnasarawalsh, Twitter: @sarawalsh_nna or e-mail: sarawalsh@nna.org.