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REVIEW:
This site is a treasure trove of resources for journalism teachers
and students. Teachers will find more than 218 archived lesson plans
on such topics as advertising, bias, copy editing, editorial writing,
the first amendment, interviewing, ethics, photography and much
more. In addition to the lesson plans there are tips for improving
your high school’s newspaper from the experts, links to other
high school newspapers, scholarship information for your students
and an article on how to start a high school newspaper. Students
can check out the J-Jargon section to learn the definitions of some
of the most common terms in newspapers, test their skills with the
database of journalism-related questions, read what the pros have
to say about their jobs and how they got started, and learn about
careers in journalism in the guidance section. There is even a downloadable
principal’s guide to scholastic journalism to help principals
in developing and maintaining support for these programs in their
schools. The broadcast section offers resources from the Radio and
Television News Directors Foundation such as information on seed
grants to start a broadcast journalism program in your school, a
listserv to connect with other teachers, free teaching resources,
an Internet journalism guide for download and an electronic journalism
survey that provides the data to compare your program to others
around the country.
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October
2005
