NewsBrands Press Pass improves literacy and encourages young people to engage with society

70,000 Transition Year students have participated in NewsBrands Ireland’s Press Pass programme.

In 2016, 8,000 Transition Year students took part in the NewsBrands Ireland Press Pass initiative. At today’s Press Pass Awards, 16 of those students were awarded for their original journalism, created as part of the Newspapers-in-Education programme.