[Journalists] Newspaper Association of America Foundation to Support Middle and High School Student Newspaper Projects

[Everett Gavel]

Hello,

With this funding opportunity below, I can see a 
situation where a school newspaper offers braille 
production as well as print and online offerings.  With 
the amount of funding, a school could, theoretically, 
get a printer as well as a braille printer, for school 
newspaper output.  Also, it'd be a good opportunity to 
show that a reporter is a reporter, and blind or not, 
they can do the job, given a chance.

I share this with the Journalists list also, because it 
might do well for your newspaper, if you're a working 
journalist, to partner up with a school in your 
community--in order to accomplish this.

God bless your efforts, all who pursue this 
opportunity!


Everett
www.everettgavel.com


Newspaper Association of America Foundation to Support
Middle and High School Student Newspaper Projects

Deadline: May 16, 2008

The Newspaper Association of America Foundation
 ( http://www.naafoundation.org/ ) encourages middle 
and
 high schools to partner with professional newspapers 
in their
 communities and seek funding to start, relaunch, or 
revitalize
 student newspapers, whether online or in print.

All public and private schools serving grades 7 through 
12 and
 working in partnership with daily or nondaily 
professional news-
 papers are eligible to receive Student/Newspaper 
Partnership
 Grants from the NAA Foundation. Schools are also 
encouraged to
 seek a university or a college as an additional 
partner. Funding
 priority is given to startup student newspapers. 
However, grant
 applications to relaunch or revitalize former or 
current programs
 also will be considered. The NAA Foundation especially 
welcomes
 grant applications from urban, rural, or 
minority-majority
 schools.

The NAA Foundation will fund up to twelve partnerships 
in 2008-09.
 Each partnership may receive up to $5,000 in Year One, 
plus an
 additional $2,500 in Year Two. Grant funds may be used 
for equip-
 ment, software, adviser training, and printing.

Visit the NAA Foundation Web site for complete program 
information
 and application procedures.

RFP Link:
http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15012518/naafoundation

For additional RFPs in Education, visit:
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_education.jhtml