StudentNation

StudentNation is a program of the Nation Fund for Independent Journalism and is made possible through generous funding from the Puffin Foundation. StudentNation focuses on first-person accounts from student activists, organizers, and journalists and has helped launch the careers of contributors to The New York TimesVoxBusiness InsiderTeen Vogue, the Guardian, and more. If you’re a student and you have an article idea, please send pitches and questions to [email protected]

Call for Ideas: StudentNation Gets a Fresh Coat of Paint

Call for Ideas: StudentNation Gets a Fresh Coat of Paint Call for Ideas: StudentNation Gets a Fresh Coat of Paint

How can we better reflect the particular insight of not just students, but the generation for whom our coverage of student debt, national movements, university politics, exploitive...

Sep 4, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

Chilean High Schools Reignite Education Movement Chilean High Schools Reignite Education Movement

Since both high school and university campus occupations were rekindled mid-August in response to disappointment in the education reform proposals, the government has cracked dow...

Aug 27, 2012 / StudentNation / Brittany Peterson

Occupy Colleges and SDS Join Forces Occupy Colleges and SDS Join Forces

In partnership, the two groups produced a single organization with a shared pool of resources and common SDS identity. 

Aug 23, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

Eight Things I Remembered At #HereUsNow Eight Things I Remembered At #HereUsNow

Lessons from the Student Power Convergence.

Aug 21, 2012 / StudentNation / Angus Johnston

Censorship Battle Roils University of Georgia Student Paper Censorship Battle Roils University of Georgia Student Paper

Student staff members of the University of Georgia’s newspaper resigned recently following a decision by the administrative board to hire 10 full-time non-student staff memb...

Aug 20, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

Help End the Student Debt Crisis Help End the Student Debt Crisis

Student Debt Crisis is teaming up with the crowd-funding site YouLobby.com to raise money to support struggling student  borrowers through individual one dollar donations.

Aug 17, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (8/16/12) Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (8/16/12)

Every week, Nation interns try to look beyond the echo chamber and choose one good article in their area of interest that they feel should receive more attention.

Aug 16, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

NYU Law Trustee Funds Justice Institute, Locks Out Workers

NYU Law Trustee Funds Justice Institute, Locks Out Workers NYU Law Trustee Funds Justice Institute, Locks Out Workers

The glaring disjunction between Daniel Straus' deeds and actions have not gone unnoticed, and now the businessman is facing retribution from striking workers and organized students...

Aug 16, 2012 / StudentNation / Rebecca Nathanson

Chilean Students Occupy High Schools Chilean Students Occupy High Schools

Chilean student activists have taken control of at least seven schools in the country’s capital, following street protests that saw 75 arrested and three city buses burned.

Aug 15, 2012 / StudentNation / Angus Johnston

Video Contest Offers a Voice to Indebted Students Video Contest Offers a Voice to Indebted Students

By providing this interactive platform for student debtors to share their personal testimonials, the Student Debt Crisis team aims to provide a voice for the millions affected.

Aug 14, 2012 / StudentNation / Natalia Abrams

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