Innovative News Site for Teens Goes Live
Headline Plus, a news website geared specifically for teenagers to increase youth media awareness and current news' interest has gone live at www.headlineplus.net
Online, January 1, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Innovative News Site for Teens Goes Live
Headline Plus, a news website geared specifically for teenagers to increase youth media awareness and current news' interest has gone live at www.headlineplus.net
The site which is updated daily, presents major headlines of the day as well as the previous 2 days. The news is presented with a concise, simple 3 bullet summary.
"There is a rapid decrease knowledge of current events among young adults" said Ilan Friedman, founder of HeadlinePlus, "The site is designed as a destination for teenagers to view the current daily news at a glance with the ability to read full articles if they wish. In a few minutes a person can keep abreast of the main news of the day"
The site, which is free, has attained a positive reaction from the National Association of Secondary School Principals. Friedman has stated that he wants to develop the site more and offer versions specific to local geographical region, and also plans to expand the site through partnerships with college journalism programs that have shown interest in the concept.
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