http://www.firstnews.co.uk Nicky Cox MBE, editor of First News, the UK's national newspaper for children with more than 1million readers a week. Also editor of First News TV, our online TV channel for young people which includes a news bulletin made for First News by Sky News. I launched First News in 2006 with Piers Morgan and media entrepreneurs Steve and Sarah Thomson.

Now it is the widest-read publication for young people in Britain with 1,047,543 readers every week. Kids read at home and more than a third of schools nationwide subscribe to First News too. It is the only way to communicate effectively with the next generation in the UK.

As well as giving the news to children, we also give them a voice and we lead many campaigns on behalf of young people in the country. The best-known of these is My Way! which involves regular tours with me and Henry Winkler OBE around schools and theatres across the country. Our aim is to raise the self-esteem of children, particularly those with any sort of learning challenge such as dyslexia.

I was overwhelmed to be awarded with an MBE by the Queen in 2009 for services to children. I am a champion of children and believe that if the world is going to get better the next generation needs to be better informed than the last.

http://www.firstnews.co.uk

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