About NewsDepth

Welcome to the NewsDepth website. A valuable source of current events for thousands of Ohio third through eighth grade students, NewsDepth helps teachers meet state academic content standards in language arts and social studies, while linking Ohio students with the world.

NewsDepth airs weekly on all of Ohio’s Public Broadcasting stations. This year’s schedule of thirty 20-minute programs begins with broadcasts on September 17 and 18, 2009, and ends with broadcasts on May 6 and 7, 2010. NewsDepth will not air the weeks of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. The program that airs on April 1 and 2, 2010 will repeat the following week (the week after Easter), on April 8 and 9, 2010. The full schedule and broadcast days and times for all of Ohio’s PBS stations are listed at the link on the left side of this page.

This website offers exciting features to help you use NewsDepth in your classroom: streamed video, video downloads and podcasts provide on-demand access to replay or download news stories; lesson plans and support materials unique to each program are correlated to curriculum standards; a searchable database allows you to find stories based on key topics and words. You may choose the link for this week’s episode or previous episodes from the menu on the side. Each program page includes story descriptions and the weekly NewsQuiz questions and answers.

Your students can be a part of each week’s program by sending their opinions to the address below. Several letters and emails from viewers appear on every show. This year students will have new opportunities to send in videotaped activities from their schools and communities. The interactive Kids Page provides an exciting space for students to express opinions and demonstrate involvement in school and community activities.

Please contact us with any questions – and have a great year!

Contact Us!

NewsDepth | WVIZ/PBS ideastream®
Idea Center™ at PlayhouseSquare | 1375 Euclid Avenue | Cleveland, OH 44115
newsdepth@wviz.org | 216-916-6352

NewsDepth is a production of WVIZ/PBS ideastream and Kent State University School of Journalism and Mass Communications. NewsDepth is made possible in part by a grant from the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation, with support also provided by Alcoa Foundation.