part of the MN Broadband conference 2020

1. Story Scouts
Pandemic Publishing with Children
Rural Minnesota Children Leverage Broadband To Publish Local
Histories of the Coronavirus Pandemic 2020-2021
By Anne Brataas for Blandin Foundation Showcase
6-13 October 2020

2. Our Successful 2020 Book!

3. Our EntrepreneurialModel
Children sell their books, newspapers, web sites, podcasts,videos,
social media & “merch” to fundcivic goods they identify.
www.minnchildpress.org

4. 1. RuralMinnesotachildrenages 5-15
2. Entrepreneurial writing, illustration, publishing
3. Broadband-based communicationskills
4. Connecting, vivifying community by co-creating local
history books on the pandemic
5. Relieving loneliness, purposegaps,mentalhealthissues
6. Creatingcareer-relevant portfoliosand preparing youth
to be college-ready, prepared to graduate college free of
debt
www.minnchildpress.org
a Grand Marais, MN 501 (c)(3) charity since2019
Our 6-Point Mentoring Mission

5. www.minnchildpress.org
Our Connections
Elders As Primary Sources
of History

6. Our Dream
• Rural children leverage
broadband to make –
and publish –
Minnesota history of
the 2020-21
coronavirus pandemic
www.minnchildpress.org
Anne Brataas, Executive Director
anne@minnchildpress.org 218-387-5666

7. Thank you!
Let’s Connect — 6 Feet Apart !
www.Instagram/minnchildrenspress/
www.minnchildpress.org
Anne Brataas, Executive Director
anne@minnchildpress.org 218-387-5666