Class News Project: Civic Journalism Culmination
Dive into the exciting world of civic journalism with this class news project. Explore the power of storytelling and citizen reporting to create meaningful and impactful news content. Immerse yourself in real-world experiences and develop your journalism skills with this hands-on project. Learn how to engage with your community, uncover important stories, and make a difference through journalism.
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Creating a Class News Project: Culmination of a Civic Journalism course
Create it A final class project will show students how much they have learned about journalism. 2
Real Evidence of Learning Students often don t recognize how much they have learned. They also may not connect what they now know to the real world. Creation of a Class News project will demonstrate just how much they know about the creation of a news product. It also will demonstrate their understanding of the importance and necessity of sharing news with an audience. 3
Synthesizing learning A class news project brings it all together
News Product Assignment Students will work collaboratively to create a newspaper or news product that will demonstrate different components of the course. 5
The First Day Divide students into groups. They will brainstorm a name for their publication and select editors, who will have more responsibilities for completion of the project. They also will develop story ideas and assign stories to members. Everyone must have a role as either an editor or reporter. Everyone will have to write a story, with one exception. If students are doing a traditional newspaper, the layout editor will only complete that task. The editor also will set a series of work deadlines. 6
Next Steps Copy Editing Each person will assume the role of copy editor. As such they will edit for accuracy and content. The section editors (News, features, opinion, sports) and editor-in-chief will complete final edits of stories and then determine general story placement. The layout editor will create the physical news product. Creating Stories Reporters will begin the gathering information from sources through interviews. Then they will begin writing their stories. Editors will monitor reporters progress. The editors will work with the layout editor to develop a format for the news product. 7
Publication Day Reflection Students will have time to read and absorb the news product. Then seek comments from the class regarding the positive qualities of each publication. Allow students to share their observations about the project and the difficulties and positive aspects of the project. Publication If the news teams create a newspaper, make enough copies of each paper and present them to the class. If students are using a different format, they share their product with the teacher, who then will share it with the students. 8
Assessing the Project Consider how to assess the work of individuals and of the group. Finding a way to assess the individual as well as the group will make all students accountable for the end product. It can help to develop a template for the group evaluation that reflects what you asked the students to do and how they performed these tasks. 9
