Lessons

This lesson plan is designed to help students avoid causing unnecessary offence while continuing to produce robust, critical, in-depth journalism.

A lesson plan is designed to help journalists understand the need to avoid stereotypes in their news writing.

This lesson plan looks at why some people are willing to talk to an investigative journalist and why some won't.

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.

This lesson plan teaches journalists how to take a proactive approach to newsgathering by investigating, anticipating, exploring, and exposing stories of significant public interest.

This lesson plan is designed to help participants learn how to carry out audience research in order to better understand the needs of the target audience.

This lesson plan teaches trainers how to write and apply SMART objectives to training programmes created for journalists and media managers. It's based on the article SMART objectives for media training which we recommend trainers read before adapting this lesson plan for your own purposes. Lesson...

A lesson plan to help students create a simple TV news package using their skills in reporting, filming, and editing, letting the pictures tell the story.

This lesson plan is designed to help journalists learn how to respect privacy while also being thorough investigate issues that are in the public interest.

This lesson plan is designed to teach students the power of words and how to use them when writing a piece of journalism.

A free day-long lesson plan covering the sub-editor's role as the newsroom's final line of defence - accuracy, house style, news sense, and digital skills.

A lesson plan is designed to help trainers teach students how to seek out new angles on a breaking, developing or running news story.