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: 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: Language and style basics
A lesson plan to help students understand the importance of using the right language and style in their journalism.
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.
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Lesson: Understanding interviewees
This lesson plan looks at why some people are willing to talk to an investigative journalist and why some won't.
Lesson: Letting the pictures tell the story
Television journalists need to ensure that they are exploiting the medium to the maximum effect by letting the pictures tell the story.
Lesson: Integrity in journalism
This lesson plan teaches students the importance of maintaining integrity in all their dealing in order to investigate issues thoroughly and truthfully without being influenced by external pressures.
Lesson: Constructing a radio news package
A lesson plan to help teach students how to create a news package for radio.
Lesson: The questions every journalist should ask
This lesson plan teaches students about the six essential questions - What? Why? When? How? Where? and Who?
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Lesson: False equivalence and false balance
This lesson plan is designed to help students avoid applying false equivalence and false balance to their news writing.
Specialisation in journalism
Some journalists decide to become specialists in specific areas, such as health, crime, the environment etc. These are known as "rounds" or "beats."
Is your journalism ethical?
Reliable journalism is based on applying strict editorial ethics to all we do so that we can examine the issues that have the most impact on the lives of our audience.