Lessons
A collection of free lesson plans designed to provide journalism trainers with an outline for creating their own training courses based on Media Helping Media articles.
Lesson: Fact-Checking
This lesson plan is designed to teach students how to fact-check then add context so that the information produced in a news report is accurate and complete.
Lesson: Story Development
This lesson plan is designed to teach students how to find and assess important news angles for a breaking news story.
Lesson: Language and Style
A lesson plan to help students understand the importance of using the right language and style in their journalism.
Lesson: Interviewing Politicians
This lesson plan is designed to help journalism students interview politicians in order to uncover answers that inform the audience.
Lesson: Identifying news
This lesson plan is designed to help students recognise how to spot a news story and develop it so that it informs the audience.
Lesson: Presentation Skills
This lesson outlined is designed to help news presenters deliver TV and radio bulletins that engage and inform the audience.
Lesson: Prioritising news elements
This lesson teaches students how to prioritise the main elements in a news story.
Lesson: News Sense
Developing a news sense in order to spot a story's importance to the audience.
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