CodeFNN.com is the online, interactive news site of Friendship News Network (FNN) produced by students in grades preK-12 at Friendship Public Charter School in Washington, DC. Since 2005, Friendship News Network student reporters have produced award-winning news, reviews, interviews, opinion and original work in print and online. FNN reporters have traveled the world—from Jackson, Mississippi to New York to Fiji to Zambia, the Grand Canyon and much more. To get an idea of what we’re about, watch the video above, produced entirely by our high school news team. Then check out FNN news bureaus at each school.

Attention teachers and club sponsors! Showcase your class activities and field trips on codefnn.com. Our staff at your school can work with you to showcase class projects online with templates, technical support and equipment so your students can learn to produce videos, photos and stories. And FNN supports common core.

To inquire about our programs or create news about
your class or club, contact FNN staff: 

FNN Director
Marilyn Kaufman                                       
mkaufman@friendshipschools.org

FNN Outreach and Early Childhood Coordinator
Desiree Girelle
dgirelle@friendshipschools.org

FNN High School Coordinator, Webmaster and
Collegiate High School Instructor
Flonora Merritt​
fmerritt@friendshipschools.org

FNN Online Editor
Julia Greenwald
jgreenwald@friendshipschools.org

FNN Online Academy Bureau Anna Morton
amorton@friendshipschools.org

FNN Armstrong Elementary Bureau
Brandon Grier
BGrier@friendshipschools.org

FNN Armstrong Mission to Mars Project
Khadijah Clouden
kclouden@friendshipschools.org
Jason Martinez
jmartinez@friendshipschools.org

FNN Blow Pierce Elementary Bureau
Aliyah Rawles
ARawles@friendshipschools.org

FNN Ideal Elementary Bureau
Chelsea Sherrod
CSherrod@friendshipschools.org

FNN Southeast Elementary Bureau  
Sha’Veon Gilham                                                                 sgilham@friendshipschools.org

FNN Tech Prep High School Bureau Herbert Jackson
hjackson@friendshipspchools.org

FNN Woodridge Elementary Bureau
Ayana Dudley
adudley1@friendshipschools.org

FNN Alumni Coordinator
Aneara Burns
aburns@friendshipschools.com

FNN Early Birds Book Club Staff

Desiree Girelle, coordinator
dgirelle@friendshipschools.org

Adia Harris, Armstrong Campus Organizer
AHarris1@friendshipschools.org

Tia Hollman, Blow Pierce Campus Organizer
THolman@friendshipschools.org

Daijon Rice, Chamberlain Campus Organizer
DRice@friendshipschools.org

Chelsea Sherrod, Ideal Campus Organizer
CSherrod@friendshipschools.org

Triana Williams, Southeast Campus Organizer
TWilliams8@friendshipschools.org

Monique Whitfield, Woodridge Campus Organizer
MWhitfield2@friendshipschools.org