A plan to fund high school newspapers seeks to revive student journalism

Across the country, rising costs, changing attitudes toward the news media, difficulties in finding faculty advisers and an emphasis on science, math and technology have led to a dearth of high school journalism programs — particularly at underprivileged schools.

Seeking to address the problem, local news outlets and universities in states like California, Illinois and Texas have teamed up to prepare teachers to lead electives and workshops for aspiring young journalists.

And now, New York City will have its own initiative, Journalism for All. The pilot program is a collaboration between the Youth Journalism Coalition, which is run by The Bell, a nonprofit; the City Council; and the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York.

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