This year, more than 300 kids from across the country and around the world mailed in applications to join the award-winning Scholastic News Kids Press Corps™. Our editors spent weeks carefully reviewing each application and today, we couldn’t be more excited to welcome 24 new and 15 returning Kid Reporters to the team!
In the United States, these junior journalists, ages 10 to 14, hail from 19 states and the District of Columbia, and they will report on current events, breaking news, entertainment stories, and sporting events. This year, we also are proud to announce that the largest-ever team of international Kid Reporters will be reporting from the United Kingdom, New Zealand, China, Thailand, Nigeria, and other African countries from onboard Mercy Ships.
For more than 16 years, the Scholastic News Kids Press Corps has delivered “news for kids, by kids.” Last year, Kid Reporters closely covered the 2016 presidential election, attending rallies, debates, primaries, and national conventions where they talked to voters, political experts, and presidential candidates. Kid Reporters also interviewed authors, entertainers, and public figures, including First Lady Michelle Obama, composer, lyricist, and performer Lin-Manuel Miranda, author and actress Sonia Manzano, NFL quarterback Russell Wilson, country music star Tim McGraw, and Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden.
Keep an eye out! Throughout the year, the new Kid Reporters’ stories will be published online at www.scholastic.com/kidspress and in issues of Scholastic classroom magazines, which are read by more than 25 million students nationwide.
The 2016–2017 members of theScholastic News Kids Press Corps are:
* indicates new reporter
California
Jeremy Hsiao – Walnut
Ben Jorgensen – Rancho Palos Verdes*
Manat Kaur – Menlo Park*
Anais Singh-Gee – Los Angeles*
Colorado
Jacob McNab – Westminster*
Florida
Benjamin Schiller – Boca Raton
Georgia
Victoria Feng – Watkinsville*
Illinois
Joseph Gorman – Chicago*
Iowa
Brandon Peterson – Britt*
Maine
Caroline Tracy – Falmouth*
Massachusetts
Stone Shen – Acton
Maxwell Surprenant – Needham
Michigan
Titus Smith III – Southfield*
Minnesota
Ryan Stoltz – Eden Prairie
Missouri
Esther Appelstein – Saint Louis
New Jersey
Ava Park-Matt – Hoboken*
Skylar Yarter – Maplewood
Joshua Yi – Milltown
Ethan Zucker – Summit*
Nevada
Alexander Wong – Las Vegas*
New York
Sunaya DasGupta Mueller – Palisades*
Charlotte Fay – New York
Adedayo Perkovich – New York
Ohio
Evelyn Smits – Olmsted Township
Tennessee
Sadie Kiel – Memphis*
Texas
Bridget Li – Austin
Virginia
Lillian Martosko – Burke*
Manu Onteeru – Sterling
Washington, D.C.
Courtney Pine
Wisconsin
Lilian Jochmann – Shorewood
China
Giona Pratelli – Guangzhou*
Michael Shen – Guangzhou*
New Zealand
Ella Evans – Invercargill*
Troy Nandu – Hamilton*
Nigeria
Kendra Adaeze Ichoku – Port Harcourt*
Thailand
Natcharee Chaiwongthitikul – Bangkok*
United Kingdom
Adam Davé-Bouhlel – Watford*
Martin Lloyd – Waterlooville*
Onboard Mercy Ships (Benin)
Caleb Biney – Cotonou*
