We are excited to officially welcome 45 Kid Reporters to the 2018–19 Scholastic News Kids Press Corps!
Today, the award-winning Scholastic News Kids Press Corps has announced the 23 new and 22 returning Kid Reporters from the United States, Australia, Canada, China, the Czech Republic, India, Malaysia, Mexico, South Korea and Thailand who will be covering national and international news for their peers, including breaking news, trending topics, entertainment, sports, local stories and more for their peers.
The Scholastic News Kids Press Corps has been covering “news for kids, by kids” since 2000. Recently, Kid Reporters have covered national news such as Hurricanes Harvey and Maria; the March for Our Lives in Washington, D.C.; Super Bowl LII; and the 2018 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.
They have also interviewed an extensive list of notable figures including news anchors Anderson Cooper and Katie Couric; New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge; U.S. Olympic medalist Ibtihaj Muhammad; retired NASA astronaut Clayton Anderson; president and founder of the Children’s Defense Fund Marian Wright Edelman; A Wrinkle in Time director Ava DuVernay; author, literacy advocate and football star Malcolm Mitchell; award-winning author and National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Jacqueline Woodson; renowned chefs Dan Barber, Tom Colicchio and Alice Waters; Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Sonia Sotomayor; and former Vice President Joe Biden.
Follow this year’s Kid Reporter coverage at www.scholastic.com/kidspress and in select issues of Scholastic Classroom Magazines which reach more than 25 million students in classrooms nationwide!
The 2018–19 members of the Scholastic News Kids Press Corps are:
* indicates new Kid Reporter
California
Alula Alderson – Ojai
Annika Petras – Irvine
Arjun Suri – San Diego*
Ella Porter – Aptos*
Jaxon Jones – Malibou Lake*
Florida
Andrew Raymundo – Celebration*
Illinois
Ava-Kelly Gray – Chicago*
Victoria Feng – Buffalo Grove
Iowa
Brandon Peterson – Britt
Kentucky
Leo Sebastian Tobbe – Louisville*
Louisiana
Owen P. W. Osborne – Shreveport
Maryland
Grace Denny – Kensington*
Massachusetts
Stone Shen – Acton
Michigan
Titus Smith III – Southfield
Minnesota
Ryan Stoltz – Eden Prairie
New Jersey
Ava Park-Matt – Hoboken
Josh Stiefel – Teaneck
Liset Zacker – South Orange*
New York
Amelia Poor – Brooklyn
Konrad Paul Schwarz – Oyster Bay*
Marley I. Alburez – New York*
Maya Mukherji – New York*
Sunaya DasGupta Mueller – Palisades
North Carolina
Teresa Fang – Chapel Hill*
Ohio
Nolan Pastore – Hartville
Oregon
Hana Meher Sadik – Portland
Pennsylvania
Aiden Zelrick – Lehighton*
Tennessee
Aanya Kabra – Memphis*
Sadie Kiel – Memphis
Texas
Benjamin Who – Sugar Land*
Truman J. Hamade – Cedar Park
Virginia
Sidonie Louise Gillette – Arlington*
Washington, DC
Courtney Pine – Washington
Michael Santomauro – Washington*
Wisconsin
Lilian Jochmann – Shorewood
Australia
Helen Hong – Nunawading
Canada
Nikita A. Mohile – Uxbridge*
China
Giona Pratelli – Guangzhou
Zoe Jen Chao – Shanghai*
Czech Republic
Rade Meech-Tatic – Prague*
India
Rohan Saketh Devulapalli – Bangalore
Malaysia
Zhang En Ng – Kuala Lumpur*
Mexico
Emma Garcia – Puebla*
South Korea
John Woo – Seoul*
Thailand
Natcharee Chaiwongthitikul – Bangkok
Scholastic News Kids Press Corps
