Covering the primary campaigns and general election in Pennsylvania, Erik has witnessed tense encounters between Trump supporters and protesters, heard raw and offensive language from angry crowds and occasionally felt the animosity directed toward the news media. He has had to tiptoe around contentious subjects in his articles, omitting the graphic details of the allegations of unwanted advances on women against Mr. Trump and the obscene language in the leaked tape from “Access Hollywood,” in which the Republican presidential candidate bragged about his treatment of women.

“I told the truth, told what happened, but also glazed over some of the details that are not appropriate for the age group I was writing for,” Erik said.

Scholastic has been providing child-friendly election coverage to teachers and classrooms for nearly a century, starting with the 1924 race between Calvin Coolidge and John W. Davis. It introduced its children’s press corps program in 2000, and for the last five presidential elections, Scholastic has sent precocious young political reporters to cover rallies, debates and stump speeches around the country.

This year’s press corps includes children in 22 states and the District of Columbia. The children cover their local areas, and their reports appear on the Scholastic News website and occasionally in its classroom magazines, which reach about 25 million students.