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The reporters will have the honor of covering the 2016 presidential election, from the campaign trail to Election Day and Inauguration Day.
“We’re gearing up for an exciting year of news coverage that will offer these young reporters tremendous opportunities to grow as journalists and writers,” McCabe said in the statement.
Last year’s reporters interviewed some of the 2016 Republican presidential candidates, such as Jeb Bush and Carly Fiorina. Others had the opportunity to speak with Dav Pilkey, creator of the Captain Underpants novel series; actor Jack Black; and former astronaut Buzz Aldrin.
Scholastic News Kids Press Corps is the oldest and largest student reporting program in the U.S. The news stories appear in some of the Scholastic classroom magazines that are distributed to 25 million students across the country.
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Main image: A few of the new and returning reporters for Scholastic News Kids Press Corps.