80,000 Students Benefiting From Innovative STEM Education Projects

Unique Collaboration Among Private And Non-Profit Sectors Results In
Funding For More Than 500 American Classrooms

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–DonorsChoose.org, FIRST® and News Corp announced today that, in
honor of National Teacher Appreciation Month, more than 500 STEM
classroom projects involving nearly 80,000 students have been funded
throughout the United States.

The campaign to promote Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)
education was born out of a unique collaboration between News Corp
philanthropy partners DonorsChoose.org, a crowd-funding platform for
teachers, and FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science
and Technology), a leader in K-12 STEM education. The two organizations
joined forces to nurture technology and engineering education in public
schools through the use of Robotics.

News Corp supported the initiative through a “Double Your Impact” match
offer of $350,000 that resulted in $500,000 of funding for 548 projects
across 452 schools in America.

“News Corp’s investment for this campaign marks the largest match offer
we have ever had solely focused on Robotics, inspiring teachers to post
hundreds of the most innovative STEM projects on our site,” said Charles
Best, founder and CEO of DonorsChoose.org.
“We’re thrilled to have collaborated with News Corp and FIRST to fund
robotics projects nationwide, and to honor the teachers who are finding
exciting ways to educate their students about STEM.”

“As we continue to expand engagement in FIRST to more and
more classroom teachers across the country, we are very excited to
partner with DonorsChoose.org and
we are grateful for News Corp’s visionary support of this powerful
collaboration,” said FIRST President Donald E.
Bossi.

“Our vision for the News Corp Philanthropy Partners program has always
been to inspire a multiplier effect for the non-profit organizations we
support,” said Keisha Smith-Jeremie, Chief Human Resources Officer for
News Corp. “The innovation shown by our charitable partners in joining
forces is exactly the kind of connectivity we’ve worked to foster. We
are proud to support this partnership, which will extend the scope of
impact on STEM education into hundreds of American classrooms.”

“Donors who are ready to donate wait until there’s a match,” said
Monique Dituri, a longtime FIRST volunteer mentor who coaches the
Robotics team at a high-poverty public high school in New Jersey. “The
fact that News Corp helped us do this, now people are more likely to say
‘sure, we’ll help you.’ “

The aim of the 2016 campaign was to encourage motivated teachers like
Ms. Dituri to engage students on STEM concepts using robotics. With the
support from News Corp, one of Ms. Dituri’s students, Dominic
Estanislao, captained the team in a FIRST® Robotics Competition
against 120 other teams from the district. Dominic’s team came in
fourth, and qualified for the World Championships.

The FIRST Robotics Competition challenges teams of students from
around the country to build and program a 120-lb, 5-foot robot. In
preparing for the competition, students learn about mechanics and
engineering, how to work in teams, develop a business plan, and
fundraise.

“Robotics is not really about building robots,” said Mr. Estanislao.
“It’s about building people.”

For a full list of funded projects, please visit: https://www.donorschoose.org/giving/news-corp-stem-match-offer/20710852/

News Corp contributions underscore its charitable goals: enriching the
lives of vulnerable youth, advancing innovation in K-12 education,
improving digital literacy, supporting a free press and aiding veterans.

News Corp + DonorsChoose.org

DonorsChoose.org has been a Philanthropy Partner of News Corp since
2014, and was chosen to help the company invest in and transform
communities where many of its people live and work. Last year, in honor
of National Teacher Appreciation Day, News Corp flash-funded all
outstanding DonorsChoose.org school projects in Brooklyn, NY. In 2014,
News Corp helped bring books, instruments, supplies and technology to
thousands of Brooklyn schools.

News Corp + FIRST

News Corp’s support of FIRST is helping to build an ecosystem of
teachers across the United States working to nurture FIRST competition
teams. In 2015, News Corp sponsored six high school teams in New York,
London and Sydney, as they prepared to compete in the FIRST International
Robotics Competition, as well as funding multi-year college scholarships
for graduating high school seniors.

About News Corp

News Corp (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) is a global, diversified
media and information services company focused on creating and
distributing authoritative and engaging content to consumers throughout
the world. The company comprises businesses across a range of media,
including: news and information services, book publishing, digital real
estate services, and cable network programming and pay-TV distribution
in Australia. Headquartered in New York, the activities of News Corp are
conducted primarily in the United States, Australia, and the United
Kingdom. More information: http://www.newscorp.com.

Contacts

DonorsChoose.org
Chris Pearsall, 212-239-3615 x222
christopher@donorschoose.org
or
FIRST®
Brooke
Blew, 603-206-2048
bblew@firstinspires.org
or
News
Corp Corporate Communications
Jim Kennedy, 212-416-4064
jkennedy@newscorp.com