San Joaquin high schoolers embark on writing odyssey (March 2007)
Featured in The Stockton Record is this story about students who have gone from being expulsion and dropout statistics to success stories with the support of their Great Valley Writing Project teachers.

Community based writing programs (Summer 2006)
Nikkei Family magazine highlights the family stories that Aileen Nishio's first grade students share with the community of parents and grandparents that support Didion Elementary School in South Sacramento. Nishio, a teacher-consultant with the Area 3 Writing Project, describes how through their writing, students "open a door" to understanding their heritage.

Program gives students hand with writing skills. (July 2006)
http://www.mercedsunstar.com/local/story/12444536p-13165649c.html
The Merced Sun-Star talks with high school students participating in a UC Merced Writing Project summer program that is helping them improve their writing for success in high school and college.

Workshop helps make writing fun. (March 2006)
The Stockton Record describes a program of the Great Valley Writing Project at CSU Stanislaus that teaches students to improve their writing and engage their readers through smart uses of technology.

Writing workshop big hit with youth (March 2006)
The Manteca Bulletin describes a program of the Great Valley Writing Project at CSU Stanislaus that teaches students to improve their writing and engage their readers through smart uses of technology.

Write on! (October 2005)
The Sacramento Bee captures Dawn Imamoto, second-grade teacher at Bryte Elementary School, Area 3 Writing Project Teacher-Consultant, 2004 California Teacher of the Year, at work as teacher with her students and as teacher leader with her colleagues.

Teachers spend summer weeks in classroom. (July 2005)
http://www.orovillemr.com/Stories/0,1413,157~26686~2953014,00.html
The Oroville Mercury-Register captures the experiences and learning of teachers participating in the Northern California Writing Project's Invitational Summer Institute.

CNN takes note of CWP effectiveness (July 2005)
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0507/06/lad.04.html
In a CNN interview, former Senator Bob Kerrey, Chairman of the National Commission on Writing in America's Families, Schools and Colleges, give CWP public kudos for its good work with teachers and students.

Writing is messy joy, local teachers learn (July 2005)
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/07/23/news/community/21_02_097_22_05.txt
The North County Times describes the excitement and power of the Invitational Summer Institute at one of the newest CWP sites, the San Marcos Writing Project.

Project has children writing at Wyandotte (February 2005)
The Oroville Mercury-Register interviews teachers at Wyandotte Avenue Elementary school where teachers worked with the Northern California Writing Project to move every child's writing to grade level.