March 15, 2014 by News Writing Alternative formats and polls to enhance the news A lesson introducing students to alternative ways of presenting news using a variety of text features Read more
March 15, 2014 by News Writing Writing sports news A lesson for advanced journalism students on the particulars of covering sports Read more
March 15, 2014 by News Writing Establishing a beat system A lesson focused on understanding beats and their role in news gathering Read more
March 15, 2014 by News Writing Beyond the snore: Covering annual events A two-day lesson on how to find a fresh angle for covering events, occasions and issues that come up every year, using a strategy called story paths Read more
March 15, 2014 by News Writing News writing structure A multi-part lesson teaches a basic, effective structure for news writing, a modified inverted pyramid form of Lead-Quote-Transition-Quote (LQTQ) Read more
March 15, 2014 by News Writing The basic news lead: The 5W’s and H A multi-part lesson introducing students to the basic information required for news with a four-step process for writing basic news leads Read more
March 15, 2014 by News Writing News values: What makes it news? A lesson on the values of news using the “Rule of Eight” and a few other news considerations Read more
March 15, 2014 by News Writing News defined: What is news? A basic lesson to teach students to recognize that news must be informative, interesting and factual, or it is not news Read more
March 13, 2014 by Opinion Writing What are editorial cartoons? A lesson about the reasons for editorial cartoons, their parts and how to read and create them Read more
March 13, 2014 by Opinion Writing Avoiding libel in satire A lesson reviewing libel and how to avoid it in writing satire Read more