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 Revising and editing news stories A lesson to introduce rewriting and self-editing as a key to effective news writing Read more
March 15, 2014 by News Writing Writing news briefs A lesson on how to write effective briefs and short news stories Read more
March 15, 2014 by News Writing Finding the news A three-day lesson on how to find and report the news by being aware of the audience for a publication or broadcast Read more
March 15, 2014 by News Writing Analyze the pros: Reading news from a news writer’s perspective A lesson in analyzing current news to help students understand how to put facts in a logical order and how basic news is structured 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 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
March 13, 2014 by Opinion Writing Top 10 reasons to write a list review A lesson on writing with bite-sized information for the A&E section Read more