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Common Threads: Linking NAA Foundation Research to Today’s Young Media Consumers
A 2010 report examines a decade’s worth of Foundation research that, when laid end-to-end and supplemented by partner research, gives new insights and fresh approaches for newspapers as they reach out to young audiences and grow readership. |
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Fitting Into Their Lives
This spring 2010 report looks at three studies about youth media usage. The summary will help you get into the mindsets and lives of teens as you consider what this very important target audience might need that you might provide. |
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Growing Lifelong Readers
This report examines the impact of student involvement with newspapers on adult readership. This research study is part of the NAA Foundation's ongoing efforts to document how using newspapers in school can foster literacy and readership in children -- and also help develop lifelong readers. |
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High School Journalism Matters
New research conducted for the NAA Foundation provides clear evidence that student journalists earn better high school grades, perform at higher levels on college entrance exams and receive higher grades in college writing and grammar courses than students who lack that experience. |
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If It Catches My Eye: An Exploration of Online News Experiences of Teenagers
Based on a qualitative, in-depth study of 65 Chicago-area teens by the Media Management Center at Northwestern University, this report identifies what drives online news consumption of teens. |
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Lifelong Readers: Driving Civic Engagement
Our 2007 research study shows that teen newspaper use at home and in class helps to shape civic engagement in young adulthood. |
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Lifelong Readers: The Role of Teen Content
Our 2006 research study concludes that newspapers with specially designed content for teens have a better chance of attracting young readers and keeping them as they age. |
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Measuring Success: The Positive Impact of Newspaper In Education Programs on Student Achievement
Our 2001 research study finds that newspaper use in the classrom helps increase test scores |
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Measuring Up: The Scope, Quality and Focus of Newspaper in Education Programs in the United States
Our 2000 research study profiles the state of U.S. NIE programs at the dawn of the 21st century. |
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NIE in 2010 = Leaner + Locally Focused + Digital
Results from an online survey and telephone interviews combine for this in-depth look at NIE programs in the 21st century. |
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SchoolHouse News: A Model for Home-Delivery Newspaper In Education Programs
SchoolHouse News, a program created by the NIE department of The Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pa., helped improve the reading comprehension of fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders in the Harrisburg School District. This case study details how the newspaper developed the program and also provides suggestions for other newspapers interested in launching similar efforts. |
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Teachers' Perceptions of NIE
For this 2011 report, educators in six communities across the United States were surveyed about Newspaper In Education programs and offerings. Participants included teachers who use NIE in classrooms as well as those who do not. Our goal was to collect information that could be used in considering strategies to raise visibility and usage of NIE. |
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Teens Know What They Want From Online News: Do You?
The NAA Foundation and the Media Management Center at Northwestern University have teamed up to explore and put to the test better ways to match the online news preferences of teens. |
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Youth Are Moving to Mobile Devices for Their Communication Needs: R You Here?
This 2010 study looks at how much young people value having smartphones, what content consumes their time and what types of information they seek when accessing the Internet through these mobile devices. |
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Youth Media DNA
The results of a 2008 NAA Foundation study of young people ages 15 to 29, their interest in news and their media habits reflect many of the same trends that U.S. newspaper professionals already know. |