Teachingmedialiteracy.com: A Web-Linked Guide to Resources and Activities

 Chapter 9: Studying the News

[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

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[9.3d] Television News Development

[9.3d.1] Students can study older version of the news by going to the Television News Archive at Vanderbilt University. This site contains thousands of broadcast clips that can be searched through a database search. Access is free, but registration is required.

[9.3d.2] History of the Ten O’Clock News: WGBH, Boston

[9.3d.3] Click here for a site on television news history included in a site on all aspects of the news created by three female adolescents, Nico Juser, Rosa Victorio, and Caroline Van Ness.

For further reading:

Barkin, S. M.  (2002).  American television news: The media marketplace and the public interest. New York: M.E. Sharpe.

Clayman, S., & Heritage, J. (2002). The news interview: Journalists and public figures on the air. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Gormly, E. K.  (2004). Writing and producing television news.  Malden, MA: Blackwell. by Eric K.

Keller, T., & Hawkins, S. A.  (2001).  Television news: A handbook for writing, reporting, shooting, and editing.   New York: Holcomb Hathaway Publishing

Kerbel, M. T.  (2000). If It bleeds, it leads: An anatomy of television news.  Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

Raiteri, C.  (2005).  Writing for Broadcast News: A Storytelling Approach to Crafting TV and Radio News Reports.  Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield

 


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