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Channel One Highlights Newsmakers for the Week of October 17, 2005; Programming Spotlights National Safe School Week.


NEW YORK New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 -- Channel One, the preeminent news and public affairs Those public information, command information, and community relations activities directed toward both the external and internal publics with interest in the Department of Defense. Also called PA. See also command information; community relations; public information.  content provider reaching almost eight million students in nearly 12,000 middle schools and high schools, highlights national and global news stories covered by Channel One News during the week of October 17, 2005.

Through an engaging mix of on-the-ground news casts, exposes, features and investigative reporting, Channel One continues to deliver relevant and timely news that inspires teens and helps them get informed on global news and public affairs. Highlights from this past week include:

--Staying Safe - National Safe School Week kicked off Monday October 17th, six years after the violent events in Columbine columbine, in botany
columbine (kŏl`əmbīn), any plant of the genus Aquilegia, temperate-zone perennials of the family Ranunculaceae (buttercup family), popular both as wildflowers and as garden flowers.
. Experts are saying that schools are safer than ever, but still there is work to be done. Channel One engaged the issue to promote broader discussion among teens and talked to Dan Gross, the head of the anti-school violence group PAX about how to make schools safer.

--A Healthy Initiative - Former President Clinton and Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee This article or section contains information about one or more candidates in an upcoming or ongoing election.
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 kicked off a new initiative in New York aimed at preventing the incidence of obesity in young people. Channel One went on-site to hear first hand their plans for stemming this epidemic and their advice about ways young people can more mindful of their health. This highlights Channel One's commitment to producing original content that offers teens alternatives and how to's See tutorials in this publication.  for maintaining a healthy and active lifestyle.

--Storm Preparations - Channel One traveled down to Florida to report on the preparation that residents and the Government are taking for Hurricane Wilma Hurricane Wilma was the most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic basin. Exceeding the 21 storms of the 1933 season, Wilma was the twenty-second storm (including the subtropical storm discovered in reanalysis), thirteenth hurricane, sixth major hurricane, and fourth . This storm has the potential to be devastating dev·as·tate  
tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates
1. To lay waste; destroy.

2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark.
 to various areas in Florida, and Channel One will be there to keep students educated and informed.

Now in its 15th year of broadcasting, Peabody Award-winning Channel One News is the leading source of news and information for young people. The 12-minute news broadcasts are delivered daily. Channel One News and its award-winning Web site, ChannelOne.com, feature stories on breaking news and relevant issues that affect the world, the nation and, specifically, America's teenagers.

About Channel One

Now in its 15th year of broadcasting, Peabody Award-winning Channel One is the preeminent news and public affairs content provider reaching almost eight million teens in nearly 12,000 middle schools and high schools across the country. Channel One News has covered fast-breaking world events from regions such as Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Jordan, Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea, Myanmar, and Qatar. Channel One News programming has been featured on leading networks and news programs, including CNN CNN
 or Cable News Network

Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world.
, ABC News, the WB, Nightline, and The Today Show. Visit the Webby Award-winning website ChannelOne.com to learn more.
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