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: Engaging viewers and listeners
This lesson outlined is designed to help news presenters deliver TV and radio bulletins that engage and inform the audience.
Lesson: Clichés, journalese, and jargon
This lesson plan is designed to enable journalism trainers to teach students the importance of avoiding clichés, journalese, and jargon in their writing.
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.
Lesson: Language and style basics
A lesson plan to help students understand the importance of using the right language and style in their journalism.
Lesson: Creating a converged news operation
This lesson plan is designed to help senior media managers understand and implement a converge newsroom strategy.
Lesson: Planning tips for effective election coverage
A lesson outline for trainers to teach students how to plan election coverage.
Lesson: Clarity is as important as accuracy
A lesson plan designed to help students understand the importance of clarity in their writing so that they produce news articles that the reader can understand.
Lesson : Respecting privacy as a journalist
This lesson plan is designed to help journalists learn how to respect privacy while also being thorough as they investigate issues that are in the public interest.
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