Do you have a passion for children’s literacy and progressive journalism? IndyKids is a non-profit organization that produces the only national newspaper written by kids for kids, providing news from an angle that kids can understand and relate to. We help young students ages 10-13 improve their writing, reading,​ and research skills while learning about social justice issues and world events that aren’t covered by mainstream children’s media. We’re looking for dedicated volunteers who are writers or have a journalism background to become mentors for our kid reporters or editors for our printed newspaper.

Here are examples of our recent articles written by our youth reporters with the help of our mentors:

World Cup Workers’ Rights in Brazil

Net Neutrality: Why is it important?

We’ve been​ featured in Seen in NY by New Learning Times, an online publication at Teachers College, Columbia University.We are currently looking for mentors for our next workshop to be held in Manhattan on the following Saturdays from noon-3 pm March 19,March 26 and April 9th.

Those interested can learn more about our program and volunteering with us here.

To fill out a volunteer mentor application, click here.