Today, we're proud to introduce you to the next generation of young journalists! We're welcoming 27 new and eight returning Scholastic News Kid Reporters to our team this year. The 35 Kid Reporters hail from 22 states and the District of Columbia, and they were chosen from more than 200 applicants!
The Scholastic News Kids Press Corps reports on "news for kids, by kids," covering everything from breaking news and current events to entertainment and sports. This year, the Kid Reporters will carry on a long-standing tradition of covering the U.S. presidential election! They have already begun reporting from the campaign trail and the debates and will continue to bring kids in classrooms the scoop through Election Day and the inauguration of the next president.
For more than 15 years, the Scholastic News Kids Press Corps has delivered news stories to classrooms across the country. In the past year, Kid Reporters interviewed Republican presidential candidates Carly Fiorina and Jeb Bush, as well as authors, entertainers, and newsmakers, including Dav Pilkey, creator of Captain Underpants; Jack Black, actor and star of Goosebumps; and Buzz Aldrin, a former Apollo astronaut.
Meet all of our new Kid Reporters here, and keep an eye out for their stories in the coming year on Classroom Newsbreak, the Kid Reporters' Notebook blog, and in print editions of Scholastic Classroom Magazines!
The 2015–2016 members of the Scholastic News Kids Press Corps are:
*indicates new reporter
California
Jeremy Hsiao – Walnut
Pratyush Sharma – Walnut Creek*
Ayah Tamimi – Harbor City*
Florida
Alaa Osman – Orange Park*
Benjamin Schiller – Boca Raton*
Bobby Sena – Orlando
Georgia
Genesis Hector – Peachtree City*
Illinois
Maya Nayak – Hoffman Estates*
Iowa
Bridget Gustafson – Cedar Rapids*
Maine
Gabriel Ferris – Winslow
Massachusetts
Stone Shen – Acton*
Maxwell Surprenant – Needham*
Michigan
Benjamin Duckworth – Saline
Minnesota
Ryan Stoltz – Eden Prairie
Missouri
Esther Appelstein – Saint Louis*
Nevada
Chloe Nguyen – Las Vegas*
New Hampshire
Kaitlin Clark – North Woodstock*
New Jersey
Skylar Yarter – Maplewood*
Joshua Yi – Milltown
New York
Charlotte Fay – New York*
Adedayo Perkovich – Brooklyn
North Carolina
Abigael Shea – Mayodan*
Ohio
Kyra O’Connor – Dublin
Evelyn Smits – Olmsted Township*
Pennsylvania
Erik Weibel – Benton*
South Carolina
Gracie Wood – Spartanburg*
Texas
Bridget Li – Austin*
Preston Phillips – Plano*
Virginia
Charlotte Steuble – Great Falls*
Luke Tyson – Henrico*
Manu Onteeru – Sterling*
Washington
Amalia Richburg-Martinez – Burien*
Washington, D.C.
Courtney Pine*
Wisconsin
Lilian Jochmann – Shorewood*
Connor Vijayapal – Altoona*
