Journalism 2015 Spring Daily Agenda and Targets

Journalism

Agenda & Targets

• Spring 2015

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Class 1

Jan. 29, 2015

Agenda Targets

Class 1 • Jan. 29

• Stratt out ill (sorry folks)

• Intro The Compass Editors– Mick & Emily

• What you need for class

• Newseum video – “What’s News?”– http://www.newseumdigitalclassroom.org/digital-

classroom/video/what-is-news/default.aspx

– Fill out

• Learn what to bring to class.

• Explore what news is.

• Understand why news is often called the first draft of history.

• Learn how news is reported and accessed.

• Develop better understanding for how news is categorized.

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http://www.newseumdigitalclassroom.org/digital-classroom/video/what-is-news/default.aspx

Need for class

• 2GB+ USB Thumb drive

• 1 ream plain paper (for laser printer)

• Binder for notes & handouts

• Pen Bk or Dk Blue Ink

• Access to Internet & TV

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What’s News Essential Questions

• What is news?

• How do we get news?

• What types of stories do we find in the news?

• How does the news affect our lives?

• What is the role of the press in our society?

• What is our role as news consumers?

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What’s News Pre-video discussion

Questions

1. What is news?

2. What stories are in the news today?

Video features

– Historically key events & people

– Once considered “news”

– Uses primary sources

– All of the images and clips actual news

While you watch, look for the events and people that you recognize from your lifetime.

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Video features

– Historically key events & people

– Once considered “news”

– Uses primary sources

– All of the images and clips actual news

While you watch, look for the events and people that you recognize from your lifetime.

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As you watch the video, keep these questions in mind:

1.What are some categories of events that can be considered news?

2.What makes a story newsworthy?

3.While you are watching the movie, identify four to five stories or people that you recognize.

4.Why do you think these stories are considered news?

5.What are some of the different ways in which news can be delivered? Slide

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As you watch the video, listen for these quotations and consider their importance:• Philip Graham: “Journalism is the first rough draft of

history.” Note: this is my favorite journalism quote

• Winston Churchill: “A free press is the unsleeping guardian of every other right that free men prize; it is the most dangerous foe of tyranny.”

• Malcolm X: “You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.”

• John F. Kennedy: “Even though we disapprove, there isn’t any doubt. …We could not do the job at all without a very, very active press.”

• Thomas Jefferson: “Our liberty depends on freedom of the press and that cannot be limited without being lost.”

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Watch Video

• Newseum’s “What’s News” (8:11)

• Link: http://www.newseumdigitalclassroom.org/digital-

classroom/video/what-is-news/default.aspx

• Get and answers the “After Viewing” questions.

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http://www.newseumdigitalclassroom.org/digital-classroom/video/what-is-news/default.aspx

What’s News Post Viewing Discussion

1. Are there events from this video that you recognize? Are there events in this video that you lived through?

2. How does the fact that they occurred during your lifetime change the way you remember or feel about these stories versus the historical events depicted?

3. Many of the key events in this video were represented by images. a.Discuss how photographs and other images are used

in reporting the news.

b.How do they make a different impression than the written word? Slide

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What’s News Post Viewing Discussion

1. Think about all the different ways the key events were presented in this video — news headlines, photographs, video clips, sound bytes from speeches and news broadcasts. a. How has news changed over time? b. Has the way we report the news affected what news is covered?c. What is your favorite way to get the news, and why? d. What do you think this says about you as a news consumer?

2. There were many types of news media that were seen in this video. In recent years, we have seen new types of media emerge that were not featured in this video. a. What are those types of media? b. How have they changed the face of the news and how it is

reportedc. Where do you get news? d. What about your parents? e. Where do you think you will get news in the future? Slide

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Class 2

Feb. 2, 2015

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Agenda Targets

Class 2 • Feb. 2, 2015

• Who am I

• Seating Chart

• Name Cards– First name big

– Second name small

– Be creative!

• What is journalism

• Ice Breaker Interviews if time

• Meet teacher

• Meet other students

• Find out about class

• Develop interviewing techniques by talking to new people.

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Class 3

Feb. 4, 2015

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Opener • Image A

Image B

Class ♯3 • 2/4/15

Take out a piece of paper and answer the

following questions.

1. What is often referred to as a “rough draft of history?”

2. Give 3 examples of what makes something newsworthy to you.

3. What is a name of a local newspaper?

4. Name two current event (news) items.

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Opener • Image A

Image B

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1.What is often referred to as a “rough draft of history?”

– News

2.Give 3 examples of what makes something newsworthy to you.

3.What is a name of a local newspaper?

4.Name two current event (news) items.

1. Proximity2. Timeliness3. Prominence4. Consequence5. Change / Progress /

Action6. Concreteness7. Personality /

Human Interest

8. Rarity / Singularity (uniqueness)

9. Conflict

• University of Oregon student has been diagnosed with meningococcemia

• Vaccines, measles• Taiwan plane crash kills 48 and

injures 10• Jordan executes prisoners after ISIS

hostage burned alive• 7 dead, multiple injuries as train

strikes SUV in N.Y.

1. The Oregonian2. Portland Tribune 3. Clackamas County Review4. The Columbian5. The Statesman Journal6. The Gresham Outlook

Agenda Targets

Class 3 • Feb. 4

• Opener

• Pretest

• Icebreaker “Interview” activity

• Class web page(s)– http://www.nclack.k12.or.us/Page/5742

• News writing basics– http://www.nclack.k12.or.us/Page/25354




• Identify current events.

• Learn parts of basic news story.

• Communicate current knowledge of journalism.

Pretest

• Go to class website

• Go to Tests & Quizzes page

• Click on http://socrative.com/

• Choose student

• Enter Room Number

• Sign in – Last name, first

name

http://socrative.com/

Room: 296186



Socrative Student Logon

296186

Sign in usingLast name, first name

Example: Stratton, Lorraine

Journalism Basics

• http://www.nclack.k12.or.us/Page/25354

1. Principles of Journalism

2. Basic reporting, news writing, journalistic style

A reporter's jobI. Interviews

II. Writing

A. Write in third person

B. Write without bias

C. The Story

1) Shape

2) Components & Order

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http://www.nclack.k12.or.us/Page/25354

Class 4

Feb. 6, 2015

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Opener • Image A

Image B

Class ♯3 • 2/4/15



1. Name two local news outlets other than The Oregonian.

2. What type of journalism story interests you the most?

3. Name two current event items.

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Agenda Targets

Class 4 • Feb. 6

• Opener

• Seating Chart

• Discuss – News outlets

– Newsworthiness

• Class web page(s)– http://www.nclack.k12.or.us/Page/5742

– Location, content

Homework


– Finish reading

• Examining a News Story









Class 5

Feb. 10, 2015

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Opener •

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Class ♯5 • 2/10/15



1. What is the shape of a typical/traditional news story?

2. Why is this the shape?

3. Name two current event items.

The Oregonian

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Portland Tribune

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Statesman Journal

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KATU

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KOIN

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KGW

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KPTV

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Agenda Targets

Class 5 • Feb. 10

• Opener

• Pretest discussion



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– Go over “Examining a News Story”








Class 6

Feb. 12, 2015

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Opener •

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Class ♯6 • 2/12/15



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Class 4 • Feb. 6

• Opener

• Pretest discussion



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– Go over “Examining a News Story”








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