Children today have ever-increasing access to computers in their schools and their homes.  At home, youth are using computers for play, communication, and the gathering of knowledge.  At schools, computers are used for teaching new skills, enhancing classic methods of education, and testing.  And by using electronic sources, youth have near immediate access to what they are looking for or who they are communicating with. The traditional printed school news paper has fallen behind the times.

To become a KNN Partner, just go to our website: KNNschools.com and fill out an application.  Click on the "Request a School Account"  button at the top of the page and fill out the form. After we receive your application, we will call your institution to confirm your status as a teacher at that school and then set up log in for you.  We will contact you by e-mail with log-in information and our users guide and you will quickly be in the online student newspaper business.

Social networking has become a competitor to traditional news sources for a variety of reasons, one of which is the interactive nature of the format.  KNN allows audience members to comment on the articles written thus creating a conversation about your students’ work.  Of course, the journalism teacher has total control over any comments that get published to the site.

KNN gives your student reporters the ability to link their work to professional news organizations.  Perhaps your students would like to write an opinion or an article about how something in the national consciousness is affecting them or members of the community.  With KNN they can link a national story to their article, thus giving the readers the opportunity to gain more information about the issue. This artlcle has been linked to the Oregon Coast Aquarium though the text and photograph.

In many high school newspapers, photography is limited by printing costs and space.  In the KNN system, neither of these is a factor.  Students are able to add illustration to their writing with photos and create photos essays of events and ideas.

So, you think your school may want to become a Knowledge News Network affiliate but you’re wondering, “How can I make sure that only appropriate articles and opinions are published on the student newspaper?” Knowledge News Network has built-in controls to safeguard the content of your school’s web editions with four password protected levels or user roles.  The Teacher or Administrator sets up the account and assigns roles to students.  Student Reporters can write articles and upload them for a Student Editor to review. 

The Knowledge News Network is just that - a network of interlinked school newspapers that will one day span across the nation.  From our website, you and your students can view any linked student newspaper. We will be continually searching through the articles written by students to create a national school newspaper. Over time we will become the source that students go to find out the teen perspective on events. Join our team.

The Knowledge News Network provides our online publishing service free to your school by selling age appropriate advertising space on our site.  Student journalism programs nationwide are in need of equipment and operating capital to keep their programs alive.  KNN can serve as a fundraising tool for your school. We charge a low rate for local advertising.  Buy space from us at that rate and then charge your local businesses at market rate and keep the difference to fund your school news paper.