Dinowitz asks how journalism can count as civics project
Dinowitz asks how journalism can become part of the approved civics project list. Chris Kermiet-Hall says there is a public accreditation portal where organizations can submit instructional materials for review.
How can journalism become a part of the standard list of civics project approved by the DOE?
Sure.
We have an accreditation portal, a forum where anyone can submit instructional materials for review, including external or internal organizations, and then we'll connect those
folks to get whatever the materials are accredited.
That's a public website?
Yeah, I can.
Forward you the link.
Okay.
Yeah.
And we have, you know, Councilmember Joseph and I, for the first time, we got significant funding for youth journalism this year.
I know Councilmember Joseph was working on that for years.
We finally got funding this year, $285,000.
Sounds right.
Maybe also $744 additional dollars.
But, you know, this is the type, especially as we move into the portrait, that we want to be encouraging.
And journalism is so deeply tied to civics that we want to make sure that that work is recognized for the seal of civic readiness.