New York,
NY (April
30,
2004) --
Six students from P.S. 1 and P.S. 126 in New York City have joined the Scholastic Kids Press Corps, a team of student reporters ages 10-14, who report on news events in their hometowns across the country. The six New York City kid reporters (two 5th graders, one 6th grader and three 8th graders) will be on the red carpet at this year's Tribeca Film Festival with access to top stars and filmmakers, and will file reports for Scholastic News (
www.scholastic.com/news ), America's leading news source for kids, reaching 25 million parents, teachers and kids nationwide.
The Tribeca Film Festival was founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff to celebrate New York City as a major filmmaking capital that fosters the economic and cultural revitalization, as well as contributing to the long-term recovery of, lower Manhattan after the attacks of September 11, 2001. The festival, now in its third year, attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors for film screenings and premieres, panel discussions, and all-day outdoor family activities, including a family festival, sports activities, and "drive-in" movie screenings along the Hudson River.
Under the guidance of Scholastic's award-winning team of editors, the Scholastic Kids Press Corps, wearing their signature red shirts, will work side by side with the adult press corps at the Festival beginning with an opening press conference on Saturday, May 1 and continuing throughout the week. Kid reporters will interview the stars and fans attending the following premieres:
Raising Helen starring Kate Hudson,
New York Minute with Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen,
Thunderbirds with Bill Paxton, Anthony Edwards, and Sir Ben Kingsley, and
Brotherhood, a documentary on 9-11. In addition to the glitz and glamour of the red carpet, the kid reporters will also cover the events at the Tribeca Family Festival Street Fair on Saturday, May 8.
The Scholastic Kids Press Corps, which includes about 80 reporters nationwide, is also currently reporting on the 2004 Presidential Election. Scholastic Kid Reporters have already interviewed the candidates for the Democratic nomination and covered the debates, caucuses and primaries. They continue to report on President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry at local campaign events and will cover the Democratic and Republican Conventions, Election Day, and the inauguration of the next President. In addition to filing on-line reports, the students write articles for
Scholastic News® (grades 1-6),
Junior Scholastic® (grades 6-8) and
The New York Times UPFRONT® (grades 9-12), and are read by millions of children in all 50 states.
“The Scholastic Kid Reporters bring a unique, youthful perspective to every story they cover, whether politics, entertainment or sports. They ask serious and sometimes fun questions about topics they feel affect their lives and will interest other kids,” according to Rebecca Bondor, Editor-in-Chief, Scholastic Classroom Magazines. “The goal of all Scholastic News reporting is to help kids develop an interest in current events and a better understanding of the world around them.”
Scholastic is the largest publisher of educational magazines with 34 publications for Grades PreK-12, reaching over 25 million students and teachers across the country. Teachers rely on these publications to enhance instruction in such subjects as science, reading and language arts, math, social studies, current events, history, geography, world languages, and art. Scholastic News Online (
www.Scholastic.com/news ), the magazines' online companion, gives teachers, students, and parents an additional resource with which to learn about and discuss current events in the classroom and at home.