March 18, 2014 by Feature Writing Building background: Starting the reporting process A lesson on how to begin research for a feature story Read more
March 18, 2014 by Feature Writing How to find new stories A lesson on the origins of features Read more
March 17, 2014 by Feature Writing Types of feature stories A lesson introducing and exploring feature story types Read more
March 17, 2014 by Feature Writing News reports versus feature stories A lesson introducing feature story characteristics and categories Read more
March 17, 2014 by Law and Ethics Learning to be fair, balanced and accurate Role playing to work through difficult ethical situations Read more
March 17, 2014 by Law and Ethics The red light, green light process for making ethical decisions A lesson on positively approaching ethical situations whenever possible Read more
March 15, 2014 by News Literacy News values and entertainment news A lesson exploring how news and information framed through a comedic or entertaining lens affects perceptions Read more
March 15, 2014 by News Literacy Developing literacy across media platforms In this lesson, students learn how news literacy tenets are similar to the tenets of media literacy can be applied to media products beyond straight news Read more
March 15, 2014 by News Literacy Alternative funding models for news A lesson that compares the private business model of news in America to the public model of the BBC Trust in the United Kingdom Read more