Ask any parent - or any reporter. When local journalism is cut back, school coverage is often the first victim. San Francisco's Ingleside District has more school-age children per capita than any other neighborhood in San Francisco. It also has some of the lowest-performing schools.
That's part of the reason why Newswire21 started its Ingleside Project by publishing two stories about what's happening in area schools. On the eve of last week's budget protest, reporter Brenda Reyes broke the news of how the San Francisco Unified School District barred a community school from having students as young as 8 join in the protest as a field trip. On Sunday, reporter Mayra Martinez told why parents are on edge about the district's plan to change the way students are assigned to schools - a plan facing board action on Tuesday night.
These are two of the 40 stories we plan to publish through the project, which is a collaboration of local citizen journalists, Newswire21.org, the Public Journalism program at SF State. the Center for the Integration and Improvement of Journalism, and the San Francisco Neighborhood Empowerment Network. Keep tuned for stories on the arts, redevelopment, emergency preparedness and more.
Posted by Newswire21.org on 03/09/10
