Young Person's View: Young people better start reading newspapers
From the column: "How can we be sure teenagers are grasping what's going on in the world if their only news intake is a short video that can be made by anyone?"
Written By:
Shreya Prabhu |
×
Adam Zyglis / Cagle Cartoons
Sitting in my eighth-grade classroom, I stealthily check my email, hoping for news updates from The New York Times or CNN about the heightened COVID-19 crisis in India, my country of origin.
Before I can even read a word on the page, a boy in my class asks, "Why are you reading the news?"