Brooklyn student named to Scholastic News Kids Press Corps
Adedayo Perkovich, 10, says she's interested in social justice issues
A Brooklyn student is on her way to becoming a cub reporter for a national news service that has millions of readers.
The budding journalist is Adedayo Perkovich, a 10-year-old from Fort Greene, who has been named a member of the Scholastic News Kids Press Corps. She was one of 32 kids from across the country to receive the honor. Hundreds of students applied for the available slots. The application process involved children writing articles about their communities. The kids were also required to submit essays on why they want to be news reporters.
The Scholastic News Kids Press Corps is a team of young journalists, ages 10-14, who report on “news for kids, by kids” for Scholastic News Online (magazines.scholastic.com). The young reporters will cover current events, breaking news, entertainment stories and sports events from their hometowns. Their articles will also appear in select issues of Scholastic’s classroom magazines, which are read by more than 25 million students.
Adedayo Perkovich, who attends the Institute for Collaborative Education in Manhattan, already knows what types of news stories she wants to write. “I am interested social justice issues and I think that it is important to share people’s stories with the world to help us understand each other more,” she said in a statement.