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November 7, 2016

News Gathering

Data in scholastic and professional journalism

Students will explore data journalism projects on both the professional and student level and brainstorm how data might be used in their own reporting.

September 30, 2016

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Writing

Developing problem-solution counterarguments

After conducting research for a problem-solution structured editorial/column, students will think through the most likely counter arguments.

July 14, 2016

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Law and Ethics

Examining states’ student free expression status

This lesson exposes students to the presence or absence of state student freedom of expression laws.

June 15, 2016

Multimedia Broadcast

Creating a professional news package

May 18, 2016

Writing

Practicing form: Fairy tale news stories

Description In this lesson students will use fairy tales to practice writing news stories without the added complexity of conducting interviews and outside research. Objectives Students will review the qualities of a news story. Students will practice writing news leads. Students will write a 150-200 word …

May 10, 2016

Leadership and Team Building

Leading coverage during an election cycle

Every year, but especially in a presidential election year, it’s important for students to be leaders in their school by covering the elections as they pertain to the local community and their school in particular. With this lesson, students will explore how to cover local, state or national elections through the lens of their school audience.

March 17, 2016

Understanding copyright and Creative Commons

Students research copyright, fair use and various license types and will create an infographic to explains key concepts and guidelines.

August 26, 2015

Law and Ethics

Creating ethical guidelines and procedure statements

In this lesson, students will analyze current policies and write guidelines and procedures. Students will then analyze the others’ classwork and provide feedback. Students will be able to rewrite their contribution after the feedback is given. Students will also audit the publication’s diversity.

August 24, 2015

Using data visualizations in online story packages

Students will learn about the rationale for using data and and the possibilities with data visualization tools, then create their own data visualization.

August 24, 2015

Interactive alternative copy tools for the Web

Students explore a variety of multimedia tools and experiment with one of them.

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