What’s Happening with KidSpirit?

Since our launch in the spring of 2008, KidSpirit has been creating a buzz all over the country. Read below for a sampling of KidSpirit press coverage:

KidSpirit is featured in an article by the Charleston Spirituality Examiner, highlighting the recent Mom’s Choice Award, and KidSpirit’s commitment to promoting intergenerational and intercultural dialogue.

KidSpirit wins a Gold from Mom’s Choice Awards®! Mom’s Choice chose KidSpirit as a top entry in the category of magazines for teens and tweens, one of only two magazines chosen in the category. The Mom’s Choice Awards® (MCA) is an awards program that recognizes authors, inventors, companies, parents and others for their efforts in creating quality family-friendly media, products and services. See KidSpirit and the other winners at the Mom’s Choice website.

An esteemed panel of judges includes education, media and other experts as well as parents, children, librarians, performing artists, producers, medical and business professionals, authors, scientists and others. A sampling of our panel members includes: Dr. Twila C. Liggett, ten-time Emmy-winner, professor and founder of PBS’s Reading Rainbow; Julie Aigner-Clark, Creator of Baby Einstein and The Safe Side Project; Jodee Blanco, New York Times best-selling author, Priscilla Dunstan, creator of the Dunstan Baby Language; Patricia Rossi, host of NBC’s Manners Minute; Dr. Letitia S. Wright, D.C., host of the Wright Place™ TV Show; and Catherine Witcher, M.Ed., special needs expert and founder of Precision Education, Inc.

4YA: Inspiration for Youth Advocates interviews Elizabeth Dabney Hochman about developing a magazine for teens, and how to get youth involved in discussions, and writing and editing their own student magazine. Read the interview at 4YA.

KidSpirit participated in the 2009 Mind and Life Institute‘s Educating World Citizens conference featuring His Holiness the Dalai Lama. All 2,000 attendees received a copy of KidSpirit Magazine.

Interfaith Voices, the nation’s leading religion news magazine on public radio, featured Founding Editor Elizabeth Dabney Hochman and members of the Editorial Board in their June, 2009 show. Go to Interfaith Voices and jump to the second segment to listen to the interview.

Brooklyn Independent Television featured KidSpirit in Neighborhood Beat, Episode 3 of its “Brooklyn Heights” focus. Watch the clip here.

A noteworthy article about KidSpirit appeared in Spirituality & Health, including an interview with Elizabeth Dabney Hochman. Former editor Betsy Robinson directs readers to KidSpirit “if you wish you could share the kind of sustenance you receive from Spirituality & Health with the 11-to-15-year-olds in your life.” Read the full article.

Grand Magazine, the magazine for grandparents, highlighted KidSpirit in its product picks. To see the article online, visit Grand Magazine and click on “Preview”; or read a copy of the article.

Body+Soul featured KidSpirit Magazine on their website, Whole Living, as part of their Eco Gift Guide. Body+Soul editors wrote, “If kids were creating their own version of Body+Soul, it might look like this magazine… Deep-thinking youths curious about life’s big ideas will love this quarterly.” Download the pdf.

The Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education (CSEE) released Good Things To Do: Expert Suggestions for Fostering Goodness in Kids, which includes our Founding Editor’s chapter, “Six Steps for Nurturing the Spirit in Young Adolescents.” Read more about the book and see a partial list of contributors.

KidSpirit was featured in a spot on Boston’s Fox 25 television as one of a group of NAPPA winners who could bring “family fun” to the holiday season! Watch a clip of KidSpirit featured along with other winning NAPPA products.

Kimberly Danek Pinkson, Founder and President of EcoMom Alliance, featured KidSpirit in her blog. EcoMom is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting communities of women helping to create a sustainable environment.

KidSpirit was given a spread in the Park Slope Reader. Park Slope Reader editors were so impressed by the outstanding writing of KidSpirit editor Elizabeth Berg that they included her entire article from Spirit & Materialism, “How Far Has Your Food Traveled?” Check out the Park Slope Reader’s spread!

Kid Magazine Writers interviewed editor-in-chief Elizabeth Dabney Hochman about KidSpirit Magazine and the work that young people are sending in from all over the country! Read more.

KidSpirit Wins a Gold! The National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) awarded their 2008 media awards, and not only did KidSpirit Magazine place as a Gold winner, it was singled out as a NAPPA Top Pick in the Books and Magazines category, indicating that the judges considered it outstanding among the Gold winners. Click here to see KidSpirit on the parenthood.com website. The NAPPA awards program is sponsored by Dominion Parenting Media and promoted in association with parenting publishers across the United States. One of the most highly competitive and selective kids media competitions in the country, the NAPPA awards are juried by judges who are industry experts with extensive professional experience working with children and parents. The judges are not the only ones to weigh in on the products, however — before awards are given, all the products entered are tested by both kids and parents. The NAPPA award showcases the best in books, CDs, and innovative products that help make parenting easier, more effective, and more fun.

Family Circle Magazine recommends KidSpirit! Read what syndicated columnist Rosalind Wiseman has to say about KidSpirit in her Ask Rosalind column here or go to Rosalind Wiseman’s column online, click on August, 2008 and scroll down the page to her recommendation.

Vail Valley’s TV8 interviewed Elizabeth Dabney Hochman during a visit to Colorado.

Internet radio host Karen Humphries Sallick interviewed Founding Editor Elizabeth Dabney Hochman about the inspiration behind KidSpirit on her show, “Embracing the Journey.” Listen to the interview.

The School Library Journal featured two of the members of KidSpirit’s Editorial Board in Bowllan’s Blog. Read their comments about being in on the ground floor here or go to the School Library Journal’s web site and select date June 16th, 2008 in the archive.

The Center for Spiritual Development in Childhood and Adolescence at The Search Institute features KidSpirit on their web site. Read the article.

The Council for Spiritual and Ethical Education (CSEE) recommended KidSpirit Magazine in their newsletter, Connections. Read the piece.

A new article, “KidSpirit Magazine: Youth in dialogue about Life’s Big Questions,” by KidSpirit Editor Elizabeth Dabney Hochman, appears in the Summer, 2008 issue of New Directions for Youth Development. This journal features the ongoing work of The Search Institute’s Center for Spiritual Development in Childhood and Adolescence and is published by Wiley Periodicals. Get information or order the publication online.

In May, 2008, KidSpirit Magazine celebrated the publication of its Premiere Issue at a launch party in New York City.

Read about KidSpirit’s launch and all-kid Editorial Board in Brooklyn’s Courier Life newspaper.

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle profiled Editor Elizabeth Dabney Hochman and the process of creating KidSpirit. Read the profile.

Many blogs covered KidSpirit’s arrival. Read a posting that appeared in Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn.