IndyKids is a Brooklyn-based nonprofit news organization founded in 2005 by a group of independent journalists, students, parents, teachers, and activists who wanted an ad-free news source written for and by kids. Since its first black-and-white issue that fall, it has grown into a free, nationally distributed newspaper published five times a year during the school year, reaching thousands of young readers through print and an accompanying website of articles, interviews, and podcasts covering current events from a social-justice perspective. IndyKids attained 501(c)(3) status in 2010 and also runs journalism and media-literacy workshops for kids and support materials for educators.