For grades 6–12 & college
Stories by award-winning journalists, turned into assignments with video, reading levels, quiz, and poll built in, finished in any browser or on a phone.
2025 Media Literacy Resource of the Year
Included in Generation Citizen's Digital Media Literacy Toolkit
Works with Google Classroom
In classrooms at
What you can do
A 10-minute opener or a full period. Fully customizable.
Your homepage shows today's stories. One click opens the builder, and every option has a default.
Full text as published, or with a grades 9–10, 7–8, or 5–6 support layer. We never rewrite the journalist.
A quiz and poll come with every story. No prep.
A turned-in count per assignment, with quiz scores as they come in.
One QR code turns any story into a class-wide debate.
Journalists write every story. AI never does.
Why it works
So we built something better.
Your homepage. The same stories your students see today.
How it works
Educator accounts and class codes. Students join on any device. No emails, no rosters.
Pick a story, set the level, assign. It lands on their home screen with a due date.
Turned-in counts and scores land live. Nudge the stragglers, move on.
Proven in 200+ classrooms
“I feel like I finally have a resource
to help my students sift through the noise
and find the informational signal
they’ve been searching for.”
We ran an 11-week pilot at Penn State with 277 students. Here's what happened:
11-WEEK PENN STATE PILOT · 277 COLLEGE STUDENTS · USAGE DATA + END-OF-PILOT SURVEY
Plans
Subscribe as a teacher or book a demo for your school. Every plan includes the same tools.
ONE CLASSROOM
1 teacher, up to 35 students
Cancel anytime. No contract. No PO needed.
SCHOOL OR DISTRICT
150 to 3,000+ students
Same-day quote. Live within the week.
Not ready for a call or a card? Get a demo and pricing info by email →
No meeting required
Drop your info and we'll send you a link to a demo: today's story at all three reading levels with its quiz and poll, plus how pricing works for a school your size and a printable administrator brief. In your inbox within one business day.
Your homepage shows today's stories. Click assign, choose a reading level, toggle read, quiz, and poll, pick a due date, done. Students see it on their home screen, and scores land in your dashboard as each student finishes.
The biggest stories across politics, world news, money, science, and culture, the same mix a general newsroom covers. Editors choose the stack.
Both. Today's stories lead, and the full archive comes with every plan, so when your unit calls for a story from March, assign it the same way.
Yes. Newsreel runs in any browser, on Chromebooks, laptops, or tablets. The phone app is for schools that allow it, and for reading at home.
No. Lower levels keep the original reporting and add plain-language help and a built-in dictionary. Striving readers work with the same journalism as everyone else.
Individual teachers can subscribe at $49 a month for one classroom, up to 35 students, no contract needed. Schools and districts get volume pricing by enrollment. Book a demo for a quote the same day. We work with school POs and provide the quote, W-9, and sole-source paperwork your business office needs.
Today's news written by journalists. Reading levels that support the original story instead of rewriting it. Contested stories shown as they're being argued, no left/right labels. No scroll, ads, or algorithm.
Quiz questions use C3 Framework and state ELA standards language, and every plan includes teacher guides and lesson plans. Ask in the demo for a mapping to your state's framework.
Yes. Built to WCAG 2.1 AA, with a VPAT available on request for your procurement file.
Scores live in your dashboard per assignment and per student; export is on the roadmap this school year.
Yes. Import your classes and students straight from Google Classroom, or share a join code instead. Scores live in your Newsreel dashboard.
Every story is written by a human journalist. AI drafts quiz questions and powers the dictionary, disclosed in our AI use policy. No ads, no selling student data.
One classroom for $49 a month, or volume pricing for your school. Live within the week.
