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: Beyond basic fact-checking
Journalists who have mastered basic fact-checking skills need to develop systems for dealing with all forms of fake news.
Lesson: Preparing for and carrying out an interview
This lesson plan is designed to teach students how to carry out an interview in a way that reveals new and important information.
Lesson: Brand values in news
This lesson plan is designed to help participants understand the importance of brand values in news and how they apply to journalists..
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: False equivalence and false balance
This lesson plan is designed to help students avoid applying false equivalence and false balance to their news writing.
Lesson: Journalism and the public interest
A lesson plan to help students understand the difference between 'public interest' journalism and news that merely entertains.
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: Accuracy in journalism
This free lesson plan is designed to help journalism students learn how to gather, assemble, and publish or broadcast information that has been thoroughly checked to ensure it is factual and accurate.
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