Chapter 9: Studying the News
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[9.1] Studying the News and Documentaries
[9.2] Newspaper or Print News
[9.2a] Teaching Analysis of the News
[9.2b] Analysis of Newspaper Sections and Functions
[9.2c] Differences in Types and Uses of News
[9.2d] On-line News
[9.2e] Student Units on Analyzing the News
[9.2f] Blogs
[9.2g] Political Uses of Blogs
[9.2h] Editorial Perspectives
[9.2i] Newspaper Ownership
[9.2j] News Bias
[9.2k] Different aspects of news bias
[9.2l] Studying and Producing Classroom / School Newspapers
[9.3] Television and Radio News
[9.3a] Characteristics of Television News
[9.3b] Selecting News Stories
[9.3c] Accuracy / Completeness of News Coverage
[9.3d] Television News Development
[9.3e] On-line Television News
[9.3f] Sports Coverage
[9.3g] Coverage of Political Issues and Campaigns
[9.3h] Creating television news broadcasts and podcasts
[9.3i] Documentaries
[9.4] Teaching Activites
[9.5] References
Powerpoints
Chapter 9
Students could study their own school newspaper or other on-line school newspapers:
[9.2l.1] Yahoo Directory [9.2l.2] [9.2l.3] Google Directory
For further activities related to newspaper production:
[9.2l.4] Highschool Journalism.org [9.2l.5] Bangkok Post: Writing feature stories [9.2l.6] School newspaper unit [9.2l.7] Jteacher.com [ lots of on-line resources related to school journalism ] [9.2l.8]
[9.2l.9] Freedom Forum [a organization addressing First Amendment issues]
First amendment lessons/units:
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[9.2l.12a] McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum
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[9.2l.12c] People for the American Way
[9.2l.12d] ACLU: video: TV Ad: Classroom: Bill of Rights
[9.2l.12e] ACLU: video: TV Ad: Classroom: Constitutional rights
[9.2l.12f] First Amendment Center
[9.2l.12g] Society of Professional Journalists: Ethics in Journalism
[9.2l.12h] Vanderbilt University: First Amendment Center
[9.2l.12i] The Reporters Committee For Freedom of the Press: First Amendment Handbook
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[9.2l.12k] Student Press Law Center
[9.2l.12l] Free Speech Movement
[9.2l.12m] Dick Flacks: Information Technology and Participatory Democracy: Some Contradictions
[9.2l.12n] Free Press.net
[9.2l.12o] Media Access Project
[9.2l.12p] Committee to Protect Journalists
[9.2l.12q] The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
[9.2l.12r] Society of Professional Journalists
[9.2l.12s] Journalism Education Association Scholastic Press Rights Commission
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[9.2l.12u] Student Press Law Center’s Copyright Duration Calculator
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Lots of journalism units/activities:
[9.2l.13] edHelper.com [9.2l.14]
[9.2l.15] Annenberg Media, Learner.org: News Writing
[9.2l.16] Annenberg Media, Learner.org: Interviews
[9.2l.17] NewsU: free online journalism courses
[9.2l.18] American Press Institute: Getting Plugged In: How Teachers Can Weave the Web into Reporting Classes
[9.2l.19] American Society of Newspaper Editors: resources for teaching high school journalism
[9.2l.20] Myhighschooljournalism.org: a high school newspaper Web hosting service from the American Society of Newspaper Editors.
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[9.2l.20b]High School Publishing.com: newspaper Web hosting site
[9.2l.21] Poynteronline: High school journalism
[9.2l.22] Poynteronline: Tip Sheet for High School Journalists
[9.2l.23] Plugged In: Using the Internet for High School Journalism
[9.2l.24] Myhighschooljounalism.org: Directory of high school newspapers
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[9.2l.26] For Journalism Teachers Only: resources for journalism teachers
[9.2l.27] Lakewood (Ohio) High School: journalism assignments
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[9.2l.29] CNN Student News Teacher Resources
[9.2l.30] U.S. News Classroom
[9.2l.31] PBS: NewsHour Extra
Further Reading:
Hall, H. L. (2003). High school journalism. New York: Rosen.
Kanigel, R. (2006). Student newspaper survival guide. Boston: Blackwell Publishers
Levin, M. (2000). The reporter's notebook: Writing tools for student journalists. New York: Mind-Stretch Publishing.
Levin, M. (2004). Kids in print: Publishing a school newspaper. New York: Mind-Stretch Publishing.
Osborn, P. (1998). School newspaper adviser's survival guide. San Francisco: Jossey Bass.