Simpson Street Free Press

Simpson Street Free Press Madison, Wisconsin's National Award-Winning Teen Newspaper Simpson Street Free Press is an organization built on ideas and innovation. We publish newspapers.

We deploy a streamlined and efficient non-profit model. SSFP delivers high-impact, core subject academic instruction. Our writers are kids. Student reporters learn practical academic skills, which they can readily apply in the classroom. But much more is accomplished with every new stroke at their keyboard. Free Press writers are also authentic, local role models. Their influential and powerful vo

ices resonate far beyond their south-side newsrooms. Our dedicated students reach thousands of young readers with positive messages of academic success and community engagement. This is our multi-mission service-delivery model at work. Young people learn practical skills in proven, hands on ways. Then they publish written work that inspires and fascinates their peers.

The world’s oldest mummies aren’t in Egypt, they’re in Chile! SSFP’s Ermiyas Abiy uncovers the story of the Chinchorro m...
07/24/2025

The world’s oldest mummies aren’t in Egypt, they’re in Chile! SSFP’s Ermiyas Abiy uncovers the story of the Chinchorro mummies, preserved over 7,000 years ago in the Atacama Desert, with techniques that predate Egyptian mummification. Read more below or online:

https://simpsonstreetfreepress.org/history/Chinchorro-Mummies

Invasive mussels are threatening the Great Lakes, but new methods could help turn the tide. SSFP’s Will DeFour reports o...
07/18/2025

Invasive mussels are threatening the Great Lakes, but new methods could help turn the tide. SSFP’s Will DeFour reports on how invasive mussels disrupt ecosystems and explores innovative removal efforts scientists are testing to protect native species. Read more below or in our Science of Wisconsin's Environment section:

https://simpsonstreetfreepress.org/state-environment/

Local artist Jerry Butler used texture and color to bring Black history to life in his exhibit "Echoes from the Arc." SS...
07/09/2025

Local artist Jerry Butler used texture and color to bring Black history to life in his exhibit "Echoes from the Arc." SSFP’s Iliyan Hoskins reflects on a visit to the James Watrous Gallery, where Butler’s art honored those who bend the arc toward justice. Read more below or online:

https://simpsonstreetfreepress.org/arts-culture/Echoes-from-the-Arc

Happy Pollinator Week! SSFP student editor Camila Cruz shares easy ways you can support pollinators like bees and butter...
06/17/2025

Happy Pollinator Week! SSFP student editor Camila Cruz shares easy ways you can support pollinators like bees and butterflies right in your backyard. Read more on her guest blog for the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin:

https://www.wisconservation.org/protecting-your-local-pollinators/

Protect your local pollinators this spring and summer with these tips from guest blogger, Camila Cruz from Simpson Street Free Press.

With feathery gills and the ability to regrow limbs, the axolotl is one of nature’s most fascinating creatures.  SSFP’s ...
06/12/2025

With feathery gills and the ability to regrow limbs, the axolotl is one of nature’s most fascinating creatures. SSFP’s Edna Torres explores the unique biological traits and endangered status of Mexico’s “walking fish.” Read more below or online:

https://simpsonstreetfreepress.org/science/Axolotl

42 quintillion ways to twist and turn. SSFP's Dellany Onyango explores the history of this iconic puzzle, from its woode...
06/04/2025

42 quintillion ways to twist and turn. SSFP's Dellany Onyango explores the history of this iconic puzzle, from its wooden prototype to its resurgence through speedcubing competitions and viral how-to videos. Read more below or online:

https://simpsonstreetfreepress.org/arts-culture/Rubiks-Cube

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