Home-school kids start newssite

WorldNetDaily ^ | 06/07/02 | Mandi Steele

[Kwilliams]

Some kids work on school newspapers.

Home-schoolers Daniel and Nathan McClintock of Greenville, S.C., started their own Internet newssite.

Modeling their news website after WorldNetDaily and the Drudge Report, and inspired by the events of Sept. 11, Daniel, 15, and Nathan, 17, created CPINews.net, what they hope will become a coast-to-coast news network of home-school contributors and other would-be journalists of the future.

Daniel is the webmaster and designer of CPI News. He says he and Nathan have been home-schooled all their life. Updating the website early in the morning before he starts school, he says home-schooling has made it easier for him to launch his new career.

The brothers find "good" news stories on the Internet and provide links to them from their own site. They also include non-copyrighted photos they get from the White House and other sites, because they can't afford to pay for images from the Associated Press – at least not yet, says Daniel. Occasionally, they even break their own stories.

Hoping to get home-schoolers from around the country to help with his newssite, Daniel says people from different time zones will be able to get more stories up quicker on CPI News. After all, their site reads: "One of the fastest news services on the Web." When breaking news happens, Daniel wants one of his home-schooled partners to either help cover the event, take a photo or create a link for the site.

"We've had a lot of fun with it, and we're hoping it will grow," Daniel told WND.

Nathan wanted to include breaking news stories with his own online radio talk show that he already had on the Internet, so Daniel designed a Web page for both that later became CPI News. Daniel says CPI stands for Conservative Press International, shortened to an acronym to look more professional.

"We get about 10,000 hits a month," said Daniel. The McClintocks plan to include more advertising on their site as their readership grows. They now have sponsors like BushCountry.org that help with costs.

Daniel's career plans include becoming a professional webmaster, and Nathan wants to be involved with physics or mathematics. Daniel says he'll probably sell CPI News when he's ready to move on to other things. Now, however, the McClintocks work steadily to make sure they get all the "good" news up on their site as fast as possible.

Daniel says his parents don't help with the website at all, "other than looking at it. We do it on our own," he said.

[EggsAckley]

This is SOOOO WONDERFUL!

[EggsAckley]

I just went to their site and it is quite professional and easy to navigate.
So cool to see that there ARE still some smart kids around!

[Dallas]

I wish them luck, but nothing can compete with FR.

[CPI News]

Thanks for posting this! Looks like one of NewsMax's moderators posting something over in the NewsMax forum too...man, this story is really spreading across the internet!

[Kwilliams]

Homeschool bump!

[Bahbah]

This is a really neat site. Good for them.

[Carolina]

For the Homeschool PING list!

[TxBec]

ping

[BibChr]

As a well-known, TOTAL pedal-to-the-metal advocate (and practitioner) of HSing, I must say...

...it makes me smile to see HSer's misspell "Philippine."

Dan
(c8

[Tai_Chung]

Modeling their news website after WorldNetDaily and the Drudge Report...

If you knew nothing about any of these sites, you would most likely think the Drudge Report was from high school kids and CPI was from a company with a programming staff.

[newgeezer]

{ping} Looks like some homeschoolin' dads actually let their kids out (on the Web, that is). ;-)

[biblewonk]

That's nice.

[newgeezer]

Do them a favor, and be sure to click on their sponsors' links.

[CyberCowboy777]

Nice Site! Fellow HomeSchool Bump!

Ping Libertyteeth - When will your site be up again?

[Dante3]

Plan to check out the web site.

[2Jedismom]

I'm all over it!

[Fish out of Water]

fyi

[madfly]

Thanks! This is a great site.
I will be clicking the sponsor links for the Homeschooling Cause.

[summer]

Thanks so much for the ping on this uplifting article, Fish out of Water! Also, I am posting a related link, below, in case some people missed it:

'The Jeb Bush Nobody Knows' -- Part 16: A young FL homeschooler's interview with FL's Fabulous Gov

[summer]

In case you missed it the first time around, you may want to check out the link in my post #20, above, to read:

an online interview, by a FL homeschooler with Gov. Jeb Bush! :)

[Kwilliams]

BTT

[CPI News]

You mean BTTT?

;) *bump*

[summer]

Also see my post #20! :)

[Bahbah]

Thanks for letting me know about this. She did a great job. We need more young ones like these. Jeb: "I don't watch the West Wing". LOL. Neither do I.

[hsmomx3]

Thanks for posting this!!

By the way, I enjoy your articles as well.

[lowbridge]

I wish them luck, but nothing can compete with FR.

Darn straight. I went to their website, clicked on their "Breaking News" category, and you know what I got?

That's right: Breaking news.

Look at these headlines from breaking news:

LA wildfire remains a threat to homes
Missionary Hostage Dies During Philippine Rescue
Skakel Found Guilty of Murder
WorldNetDaily publishes exclusive about CPI News
US: Our embassy in Kabul will be attacked
Nearly 20 Israel Tanks Enter Jenin
Bomb rips bus, kills four in Indonesia
Bush Seeks Homeland Security Dept.
IDF hits Arafat's bedroom; Israeli seriously hurt
Gephardt backs force against Saddam

No "What's your favorite movie?" threads in breaking news. No, "How can I change my password?" threads, etc.

These kids have a LONG way to go before they can catch up with FR. ;-)

[Dallas]

Thanks for the link...

[BibChr]

Thank you!

[CPI News]

LOL, you'll have to go to our forums to post that kind of breaking news.

[summer]

ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!! :)

[Kwilliams]

Thank you.

[summer]

My pleasure, and she really did do a great job! :)

[summer]

My pleasure! Thanks for checking it out! :)

[summer]

Also, see my post #20! :)

[rwfromkansas]

Extremely well-designed website. GREAT JOB!

I also noticed you are looking for people to work for you. I definitely would be interested if I could get paid some....I need all the jobs I can find with college coming up. But, as much as I love journalism, I don't think I could manage to do it without getting paid. But, I understand you can't afford to do that yet.

[Humidston]

Totally fantastic news! And I agree with others - a very professional site it is! Homeschoolers are trouncing publik skools all across the board!

I wonder if they're junior FReepers.... ;-)

[CPI News]

Thanks for your post, rwfromkansas! I hadn't thought of that before, but I have added this to the page where you can work for CPI News:

Sometime in the future we may be able to pay for our services, but right now we don't have the funds capable of paying our correspondents. Even if you are not a correspondent for CPI News, please feel free to submit any articles, opinion pieces, or photos of yours. If our demand is high enough, we will be willing to pay for any submissions you send us. Click here to go there...

[summer]

Also see my post #20, in case you missed it! :)

[homeschool mama]

Shameless homeschool bump!

[homeschool mama]

Good for you!!!!!!!!

[MasonGal]

Thanks for posting this.

We've homeschooled our 3 sons for 10 year now. Our oldest just completed his first year of college - Transylvania University in Lexington,KY.

I'll be sure to give them this info.

THANKS

[MasonGal]

As I stated in another reply on this thread--we have homeschooled our 3 sons now for ten years. Our oldest son just completed his first year of college --History major, Classics minor.

I am quite sure he would be very interested in being a part of this.

GREAT JOB!

[Kwilliams]

Evening bump!

[CPI News]

Morning Bump!

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Good for you. You give new homeschoolers like me and my four year old son hope for a better future. I am very impressed!