The North Carolina Newspapers in Education program encourages young people to become lifelong readers and learners, capable writers, informed, involved adults, thoughtful consumers of news and advocates for the First Amendment.

For more information,
contact Sandra Cook:
NC Press Foundation, Newspapers in Education, CB3365, 19 Carroll Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3365, (919) 843-5648, fax (919) 843-4734
sandynie@unc.edu

Business office:
5171 Glenwood Ave., Ste. 364
Raleigh, NC 27612
(919) 787-7443
fax (919) 787-5302
www.ncpress.com

Credit Workshops

The North Carolina Press Foundation's Newspaper in Education program offers 10-hour workshops that demonstrate effective ways to use newspapers for teaching and learning. With prior approval from your school systems, you receive one reading credit for attending the 10-hour workshops. You also receive curricula that include graphic organizers. Activities in the teaching guides focus on informational text and address goals outlined in the NC Standard Course of Study. Any school, school system or regional education alliance interested in hosting the training should contact sandynie@unc.edu or call the NC Press Foundation's NIE program at (919) 843-5648 for more information.

10-hour credit workshops

• Using Newspapers for Reading and Writing in all Subjects

• Visual Literacy: News Photos, Comics, Editorial Cartoons, Ads and More

• The Newspaper Link to Character Education and Citizenship

• Children's Literature and Newspapers: Literacy and Health

Workshops for Summer 2007

• Enka, June 11-12, 2007 (reading and writing in all subjects)

• Wilkesboro, July 18-19, 2007 (visual literacy)

• Wallace, August 1-2, 2007 (visual literacy)

• Rocky Mount, August 6-7, 2007 (character and civic education)

• Burlington, August 9-10, 2007 (reading and writing)