Most kids avoid reading newspapers unless forced to do so by teachers as part of their homework.
When I was a kid an unimaginative teacher made my class find three political stories to summarize for a discussion of an election. Dutifully I cut them out, pasted them to my loose-leaf paper and wrote a few sentences about what I had read. The assignment didn't further my interest in the political process or in voluntary reading of the newspaper. There were exceptions. I recall boys picking up a paper to follow their favorite team's scores or girls reading about a television or movie star.