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Circulation: Newspaper in Education
Program
Newspapers are "living
textbooks" in our schools
What Is NIE? In 2007, the North County Times and The Californian will deliver more than 1 million newspapers to local classrooms - that's more than 30,000 newspapers during the average school week. We invite you to become a Newspaper in Education Sponsor in 2007. Your contribution will go directly towards providing newspapers to local classrooms, offering valuable learning opportunities to students throughout North San Diego County and Southwest Riverside County. All sponsorship dollars are matched by the North County Times and The Californian. NIE builds skills Newspapers in the classroom help students increase their vocabulary, comprehension and critical thinking skills. They also help develop practical math and consumer skills. NIE is current The newspaper is the most up-to-date textbook in the world. In their studies, students learn about current events and happenings in the world, the marketplace and their communities. NIE is an investment in the future NIE helps build good reading habits early in students' lives. Supporting the NIE program builds basic skills today, and produces a more educated and literate workforce for tomorrow.
We recognize your company's
support of local schools
As an NIE business sponsor, your company will be recognized
as a community supporter by nearly 200,000 North County Times'
readers and nearly 40,000 Californian readers. (Scarborough
Research)
2007 NIE Levels of Annual Sponsorship
North
County Times and The Californian
Every week the North County
Times and The Californian publishes "thank you" ads to acknowledge our NIE sponsors.
All sponsors are listed in our monthly "thank you" announcement
published in all North County Times zones. In addition,
individual recognition will be given to our sponsors as
follows:
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Students
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Classrooms |
Number of ads/Size |
| Bronze |
$100 |
10 |
1 |
1 one column by 5 inch
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| Silver |
$200 |
25 |
2 |
2 one column by 5 inch
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| Gold |
$500 |
63 |
3 |
5 one column by 5 inch
(or equivalent - 100 total inches***) |
| Platinum |
$1,000 |
125 |
4 |
10 one column by 5 inch
(or equivalent - 250 total inches) |
| Patron |
$2,000 |
250
|
8 |
20 one column by 5 inch
(or equivalent - 500 total inches) |
| Partner |
$10,000 or more |
1250 |
50 |
100 one column by 5 inch
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*$200 provides an average of 25 newspapers delivered to classrooms
three times per week for one school year. Delivery frequency
and number of students vary by classroom.
**Individual NIE "thank you" ads are scheduled throughout
the year by the North County Times and will include your company
name and/or logo, city, and phone or URL address. In addition,
monthly group sponsor ads include company name only for Copper,
Bronze and Silver levels, and company name and/or logo for
higher levels.
***Ad sizes 1x5, 2x5 and/or 2x10 are available at these levels.
To become a corporate sponsor or for additional
information contact Darlene Kingman, North County Times
NIE Coordinator, 760-901-4106 or fill out the online form
below.

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