Headliners
Grades: 2-12
Ongoing? Yes
Prepare to be amazed! This online news magazine will knock! your socks off! Children's Express is produced by children aged 8-18 in several locations in the U.K. The site includes a behind-the-scenes description of the complicated processes behind creating a high-quality news publication. In addition to reading the stories, other students are invited to email the production teams about stories currently being written, or they can volunteer to be interviewed. Past stories are archived online, and the site includes a library with a search feature to look up previous articles. The UK project has been in place since 1995, and similar Children's Express groups are working in the U.S. and Japan.

Kids’ Space
Grades:  K-10 (through age 16)
Ongoing?  Yes
Kids' Space is an online, commercial-free publishing site for students 16 years and younger.  The three sections begin with one for creative products including art, creative writing, collaborative books, and music.  The second section focuses on global communication for kids by providing a safe environment for keypals, a bulletin board for posting questions, and sharing information, a “village” for kid’s personal homepages, and a section for external links that have been carefully screened.  The third and final section focuses on teaching kids how to use the Internet effectively and efficiently.

MidLink Magazine 
Grades: K-12
Ongoing? Yes
This well-designed "Digital Magazine by Students, for Students" is full of articles and projects that explore a range of topics. Article titles that might pique your interest include:  Native American Geometry, IHave a Dream, Too, and the Virtual Quilt. Teachers will be pleased to findclearly written guidelines for submissions, time lines, and tips for participating in this project.

National Student Research Center
Grades: 5-12
Ongoing? Yes
Since 1992, the NSRC has provided a model for students to engage in scientific research, and a place for them to publish their work. Each "e-journal" contains student-written articles divided into the familiarsections: statement of purpose and hypothesis, methodology, analysis ofdata, summary and conclusion, and application.  This would be a greatmodel for science (and language arts) students to read before launchingon their own research.  Moreover, it could be a worthy goal for studentsto be published in this e-journal.

Newsday Project
Grades: 2-12
Ongoing? Yes
Students produce news stories based on certain themes (e.g., "world visions") and post them on the Newsday Web site on specified dates.  A look at some of the examples makes it clear that these are weeks-long projects that engage a number of academic skills.

SchoolNet News Network 
Grades: 4-12
Ongoing? Yes
This professional-looking Web site features monthly e-zines filledwith articles written by kids for kids.  Recent topics have been school violence, summer jobs, and hockey.   A special bonus:  The site is in both French and English.

Sci-Journal
Grades: 9 -12 (and college)
Ongoing? No (but may resume)
If it looks like a professional journal, reads like a professional journal, and is written by students, what is it? Sci-Journal is an online science journal written by students in school and college. Most of the articles were originally papers for classes. Once it has been posted to a site, readers are encouraged to participate in an online discussion of the article via a discussion list. Resources include submission guidelines for students and short summaries of each article. This is a good resource for students in search of science project inspiration.

TOPICS Online Magazine for ESL Learners
Grades:  7-12
Ongoing?  Yes
TOPICS is an online magazine where ESL students write about their interests and ideas.  By reading these accounts students can explore an international landscape.  The writings are organized under topics such as current issues, food pages, meet people, and globalization.  All topics are listed on the sidebar to the left.  Pictures are included with most topics.  Back issues are also available.  The site also includes a Teacher’s Corner where ESL teachers can share ideas for class projects and instructional strategies.  Close supervision is suggested as some topics may be inappropriate for younger readers (i.e. tattoos).