Rolling Editorial Office - Denmark

One class from each town spent an entire day on the bus producing two pages in the local newspaper with the guidance of an NIE administrator. Specifically, the students shared their stories with NIE coaches, who worked to help make the stories attractive to the readers. For one of their pages, most classes produced an alternative front page, which was placed somewhere within the newspaper. One class's page was printed on the actual front page of the newspaper.

Before the visit, NIE found and choose ten newspapers and ten classes of 16-year-old students to participate. In June 2001, NIE invited contact persons from the newspapers and the teachers to a meeting to introduce the project, to disseminate teaching materials about journalism, and to communicate about how the project would be carried out. NIE then continued to communicate via email to work out details, such as how teachers were progressing with fostering research, story writing, and photography in the weeks before the bus visit.

Apple computers then installed 12 computers in the bus free of charge, also providing technical help every morning in the first five towns. NIE visited each of the ten towns to find a central place where the bus could park for a full day - and sought official permission to do so. Connection with the internet was established through nearby shops. The bus was decorated to appeal to young people. The Danish Minister of Education sent off the bus from the square in front of the Parliament.

Political Development, Youth.