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NEWS
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 22 2020
www.irishnews.com
newsdesk@irishnews.com
Introducing young people to wor
A
SSESSING, analysing
and forming opinions
about world events is
more important than
ever, school pupils have been
told.
The Young News Readers
Project 2020 introduces pupils
to the world of newspapers
in conjunction with The Irish
News.
The award-winning critical literacy project was launched last
week at St Louise’s Comprehensive College in west Belfast.
Some of the pupils who took
part last year were awarded
certificates at the launch.
They were told that more
than 5,600 young people had
signed up to take part so far
this year.
“It has developed significantly since it was first launched in
2017, and we already have over
100 schools and almost 6,000
pupils signed up, who all want
to improve their understanding
of the regional, national and international news they receive
from a variety of sources.”
Noel Doran, editor of The Irish
News, said: “We are in the era of
Donald Trump, Boris Johnson
and Brexit so it may be difficult
to say whether young people
are regarding the news agenda
with fascination or absolute
horror, but assessing, analysing and ultimately making up
your own mind is arguably
more important than ever.”
“We are in the era of
Donald Trump, Boris
Johnson and Brexit
so it may be difficult
to say whether young
people are regarding
the news agenda
with fascination or
absolute horror, but
assessing, analysing
and ultimately making
up your own mind
is arguably more
important than ever”
Noel Doran, Irish News Editor
Participants will receive a
‘school edition’ of the newspaper, which includes content
from the previous seven days
in The Irish News.
This year will feature a guest
editor – Annette Kelly from
Little Penny Thoughts, which
promotes
positive
mental
health and holistic well-being.
Everyone that registers will
be entered into a draw to win
a Little Penny Thoughts workshop for their school.
n For further information
and to sign up, visit www.irishnews.com/ynr.
ST MARY’S UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE
CBI NORTHERN
IRELAND
ST. LOUISE’S
COMPREHENSIVE COLLEGE
GUEST
EDITOR
Peter Finn
Angela McGowan
Miss McHenry
Annette Kelly
The Young News Readers
Project is a partnership of four
contributors: The Irish News,
St. Mary’s University College,
CBI NI but most importantly
schools providing high
quality learning experiences
for our future leaders, i.e.
the pupils with this excellent
literacy project. The Young
News Readers Project is a
partnership that works really
well.
Literacy skills are important for
critical thinking, communicating,
reasoning, speaking-up
and many more skills that
are important when young
people go into the world of
work. The world is changing
at a rapid pace. To react to
this change we will need a
new era of partnership. This
initiative is a perfect example
of a great partnership between
pupils, teachers, the business
community and journalists.
The young news readers
initiative focuses on the
development of literacy
skills, but also enhances the
students thinking skills and
personal capabilities. This
project allows for students to
gain knowledge and skills that
can be used in the world of
work, as we develop our future
employees and create our
future employers.
Professor Peter Finn
Principal
St Mary’s University College
Angela McGowan
Director
CBI Northern Ireland
Miss McHenry
Principal
St Louise’s Comprehensive
College
Followers are not the be all and
end all. The greatest like you
can get is the like that you give
yourself.
Annette Kelly
Little Penny Thoughts