The Verizon Foundation has given a grant of $2,000 to the Bronx News Network in support of its Bronx Youth Journalism Initiative for high school students. The grant will go toward the publication of Bronx Youth Heard, the newspaper produced by the students. Bronx Youth Heard is inserted into the Norwood News, as well as the Mount Hope Monitor and the Tremont Tribune.

“This grant from the Verizon Foundation will help us give Bronx teens real-world journalism experience and give their articles exposure to more than 60,000 Bronxites,” said Bronx News Network executive editor Jordan Moss.

“Helping the young people in our communities is one of the most rewarding things we can do,” said April Horton, Verizon’s Bronx director of Government and External Affairs. “This grant not only helps the students in their education and to gain work experience, it will also bring a different perspective on important local news to Bronx residents.”

The next session of the Bronx Youth Journalism Initiative begins in September. Students must live in the Bronx and/or attend a Bronx high school. For more information or an application form, e-mail bronxyouthheard@gmail.com.