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Titus Smith III is part of the 2016-17 Scholastic News Kids Press Corps

For the latest episode of the podcast Scholastic Reads, the children’s book publisher did something a little different. It shifted the focus onto some of the young folks who make up its dynamic News Kids reporting endeavor.

Dialing in from various cities around the country to chat with Scholastic editor at large Suzanne McCabe, who oversees the News Kids initiative, were three-year program vet Adedayo Perkovich, 13, two kids who came on board in 2015, Esther Applestein, 12 and Maxwell Surprenant, 13, and 2016-17 “rookie” Titus Smith III, 11 (pictured below, center).

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