Children and News: Kids News Network turns to web

In many homes, children are not allowed to watch news because their parents believe that newscasts on TV might be too traumatic or violent. So how can children find out about national and world affairs? In Burma, Zambia, Surinam, South Africa, Peru, Indonesia, the Dutch Caribbean and Mozambique, children now have the opportunity to watch TV news magazines that are specifically geared towards them, also giving them a space to voice their opinions and find out about current events.

All of these newscasts are coordinated and supported during their first two years by Freevoice from the Netherlands, they are aired on national television networks in their countries, and many of the projects are also turning to the internet as a better mean of getting children's feedback and including more of them in the process of suggesting topics and approaches to news.

 - May 08, 2010 by Juliana Rincón Parra

Read the full article on the Global Voices Blog (globalvoicesonline.org/2010/05/08/video-kids-news-network-turns-to-web/ )