Newspapers in Education

The history of NIE

The NIE program began more than 60 years ago when a group of newspapers committed to education and young people in the community got together. They wanted to train teachers to use the newspaper as a tool to teach that state's mandated standards. The first teacher's manual was published in 1929 and in 1939, the Milwaukee Journal sponsored a contest for newspaper activities from teachers. The results were published as a text covering all content areas. In 1957, a selected team of Iowa teachers attended the first summer workshop and created a planned newspaper in education program. NIE was born!

NIE is a worldwide program that promotes the use of newspapers in the classroom. Newspapers can be used to teach math, social studies, economics, geography, the environment, art, and language skills. Reading newspapers helps students improve their ability to find information, identify main ideas in paragraphs, improve critical thinking skills, improve proofreading ability and link students to the world.

NIE supplies sponsored newspapers and educational materials to schools, adult literacy programs and youth detention centers. Over 700 newspapers across North America provide NIE programs. Although desired results are uniform, no two NIE programs are alike in the education or service provided and materials offered. The NIE program is also found in over 20 nations and has developed an international network.

Many teachers and students have found NIE to be an exciting and rewarding program.

The Tri-City Herald began its NIE program in 1988 and provides newspapers to 80 schools and 251 classrooms.

To discuss how we can put your NIE program together and order newspapers, call the Tri-City Herald at 509-582-1419 or email your request to lisenhart@tri-cityherald.com or fill out the request form below.

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