I devoured the weekly copies of Time magazine that arrived in the mail, and the daily papers, first The Washington Star, then The Washington Post. I briefly delivered the latter, as a teen, helping my next-door neighbor whose family handed down the delivery route through several siblings. That’s why I was happy to hear that The Roanoke Times is one of the first 10 digital news entities selected by our parent company, Lee Enterprises, to host a new iteration of what used to be called Newspapers in Education.
News for Students will provide digital subscriptions to Roanoke-area teachers and their students. Educators in the Roanoke and New River valleys are eligible to apply for a classroom subscription that will be funded by community and corporate donations, at no cost for educators. The deal includes one year of access to our website, roanoke.
com , which includes a login capability for each student, and access to the e-edition – a digital replica of the printed newspaper – as well as thousands of news and sports articles, videos and podcasts. Our journalists based in the Roanoke and New River valleys work hard to cover our communities, and to present articles, photography and video coverage in a format that is compelling and readable in print and online. The idea is to provide the region’s students a chance to read and see the work of our journalists, work that is locally reported, edited and verified.
To sign up, visit this website: http://go.roanoke.com/NFS A newsmak.