Student News Action Network
Write it; Film it; Make it happen
About Us
News Action reporters on the job in New York City at the announcement of the Team Earth initiative in Fall 2009
In brief
The Student News Action Network was created, and is maintained, by students and teachers at Washington International School in collaboration with TakingITGlobal and bureau schools worldwide.
Global Issues Journalism
The Student News Action Network takes the concept of the school newspaper beyond school walls and the confines of print media, allowing students to work collaboratively on a global level to create an interactive, multimedia-rich student-driven online newspaper. It brings together a network of students in an online peer-driven environment to address issues of local and global significance, such as poverty, the environment, and human rights, in a creative and constructive format that culminates in meaningful efforts to make a positive impact on their world. Contributors bring their unique voices to the discussion, representing their regions and their cultural histories.
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Action
Student News Action Network members have a commitment to addressing global issues through multimedia journalism, exploring ways to make meaningful change in their communities. The action component distinguishes the network from a conventional journalism outlet. Our members are not just reporters; they are also seriously engaged in work that seeks to effect local change with global impact!
21st Century Skills
A video team puts the finishing touches on their project at the first Global Issues Network Institute at Washington International School
The Student News Action Network is a forward-looking project that seeks to make use of innovative technologies to enhance digital storytelling and create and maintain global networks. Members are encouraged to use the full range of online and multimedia tools, including movie-making, podcasting, and photography.
Student-driven
The network should be managed as much as possible by students collaborating in their schools and online. Adult mentors provide guidance and editorial expertise, but students are encouraged to take ownership of the site by setting priorities and directing editorial content.
Membership
The Student News Action Network seeks to be a globally relevant news source, with meaningful reporting of the highest quality from students worldwide. To that end, we are actively seeking members interested in confronting critical global issues through journalism. There are two levels of membership: bureau schools and contributor schools.
- STUDENT
Any student from any school in the world can become a member of the Student News Action Network. After becoming a member, you will be able to submit content for publication on the site. Become a member of the Student Action Network now! - BUREAU
A bureau school acts as a regional hub, receiving contributions from an active class or club of students at its school, and managing content from contributor schools in its area. Bureau schools must be committed to upholding the highest standards of journalistic quality, and to growing the network in their regions by recruiting contributor schools. - CONTRIBUTOR
A contributor school may consist of as few as one or two motivated students and at least one faculty advisor. Students at contributor schools can submit content on an occasional basis, as time permits, and do not have editorial responsibilities that extend beyond the creation of their own work, and their responses to the work of others. Contributors are encouraged to increase the profile of the network at their schools, and could potentially grow into bureaus.
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Contact us!Endorsements
"The Student News Action Network is just the type of initiative to which schools of the future will gravitate. It represents the best of current strategies to engage students in their schooling (project-based learning that addresses real-world, global problems and events), and at the same time demands the most polished and sophisticated 'demonstrations of learning' via 'publish-worthy' work from student reporters covering the world's news."
- Patrick Bassett, President of the National Association of Independent Schools
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