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: What makes a news story
This lesson plan is designed to help journalists understand the sources of news stories and be able to order them in terms of their relevance to the audience.
Lesson: Artificial intelligence in journalism
This one-day lesson outline is designed for working journalists and editors who want to understand how artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping journalism.
Lesson: Journalism, trauma, and stress
This lesson plan is designed to help journalism students understand the issues of trauma, stress and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the context of...
Lesson: Systems thinking for journalists
This lesson plan is designed to help journalism students understand how to apply systems thinking to their news stories in order to develop more comprehensive reports.
Lesson: Handling story leaks and tip-offs
This one-day lesson plan is designed to teach students how to deal with story leaks and tip-offs. It's free for journalism trainers to download and adapt for their own purposes.
Lesson: How to develop a story
This lesson plan is designed to teach students how to find and assess important news angles for a breaking news story.
Lesson: SMART objectives for training
This lesson plan is designed to teach how to apply SMART objectives to training programmes for journalists and media managers.
It's based on the article...
Lesson: How to interview politicians
This lesson plan is designed to help journalism students interview politicians in order to uncover answers that inform the audience.
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