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Streetbeat News: Stories About
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Online "Street Beat"
Coming Soon
By E&P Staff
Published: June 16, 2005 1:50 PM ET
NEW YORK
An online version of "Street Beat News" is
 being
launched in September by the Hot Topics syndicate
(www.hottopicsnie.com).
The weekly feature will include streaming video
and other interactive elements.
Paul Wisenthal's "Street Beat News" offers
stories about "ordinary young people with
extraordinary accomplishments." One article
recently won an award from the Southern Newspaper
Publishers Association.
Newspapers running the online version can also
choose to run the print version.
Wisenthal (www.streetbeatnews.com)
was a frequent contributor to the "Student
Briefing Page" in Newsday of Melville, N.Y.
Street Beat News, to launch
as a one-shot in four
major newspapers in the South
Titled, "They Chose Dare,"
tells the story of three
 teenagers
who struggled with alcoholism, drugs, and suicide,
and their recovery.
The following newspapers have
signed on to run "Drugs: Truth or Dare" section,
which includes Street Beat News' "They
Chose Dare" (one-shot).
1) The North East Mississippi Daily Journal,
in Tupelo.
2) Dallas Morning News
3) The Times in Shreveport, Louisiana
4) East Valley Tribune / Scottsdales Tribune
in Mesa, Arizona
Click
here to read more.
Read more about young people overcoming
life-threatening hurdles featured in Street Beat
News, a syndicated column designed to attract
young new readers, ages 8 - 18. Contact
Hottopics, Debbie or Ned at
hottopics@comcast.net
or editor@streetbeatnews.com.
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Many Stories Are Now Available!
READ ABOUT IT:
KID FILMMAKERS
-- MIAMI
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Chaille Stovall (14) overcame great
personal
challenges to become a
successful professional
filmmaker.
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ABOUT IT:
BUDDING ENTREPRENEURS BEHIND BARS --
SAN FRANCISCO
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Marcus Gallegas spent most of his youth in and out
of San Francisco's Juvenile Court and detention
system. Today he operates a small business without
the law looking over his shoulder.
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ABOUT IT:
ACTION DREAMERS --
BOSTON
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The Nalleys, Daniel 9 and Betsey 6 founded 'Turkey's
R Us' in 1996 to feed the homeless at Thanksgiving.
Despite severe setbacks, to date they have fed over
500,000 meals to needy families living in the
greater Boston area.
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ABOUT IT:
MOVE OVER SHAKESPEARE -- NEW YORK CITY
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Ned Vizzini, 15, began his writing career angry and
rejected by an attractive girl he saw at his high
school. Using class note books, he scribbled his
frustrations on paper which soon began a remarkable
professional career. Today, his articles have
appeared in The New York Times and his first book
"TEEN ANGST" has generated film/TV series
Hollywood contract with a major studio. |
READ
ABOUT IT:
HELP -- WICHITA, KANSAS
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Jamie Morales,12,lost all her family members to
AIDS. Today, she lectures around the world to kids
about her experience and the ravages of the disease.
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ABOUT IT:
GETTING BEYOND THE FEAR --
OLD BETHPAGE, LONG ISLAND, NY
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Jamie Gutterman, 17, a Jewish student was fearful of
Muslims after 9/11.
Through FACING HISTORY IN OURSELVES, a social
studies class, she and many of her classmates
embarked on a field trip to a local Mosque despite
bomb threats to the facility.
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Paul Wisenthal has
been a frequent contributor
to Newsday's STUDENT
BRIEFING PAGE.
His articles on young
people have appeared in THE NEW YORK TIMES, USA
TODAY, SCHOLASTIC and many other publications.
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Stories About
Hurdles Teenagers Overcome to Find Their Voice in
the World
STREETBEAT NEWS @ 650 Words + Photos
Many Stories Are Now Available!
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