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Newswriting for Radio: News Judgment: Polls, Surveys, and Studies
So you want to be a great broadcast journalist? You should take a look at this site! It offers tons of info and pointers on radio journalism.
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Newswriting for Radio: Improving Newsroom Operations
Find out the basics of newsroom operation and the expectations of the various parts of a news broadcast.
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Newswriting for Radio: Broadcast Sentence Structure
A fabulous Newscript.com site for broadcast news writing. You can learn how to craft the perfect sentence for radio listeners.
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Newswriting for Radio: Three Styles of Radio Newswriting
A great Newscript site offering links to different styles of broadcast newswriting.
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Meetings
You will find advice about how to conduct a meeting as well as proper conduct during and after a meeting.
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Nabj: National Association of Black Journalists
From the largest media organization for people of color, this imaginative site is graphically clever with content to support it. Interesting reading for all journalists, as well as a great teaching tool for anyone interested in effective...
New Zealand Ministry of Education
Nz Ministry of Education: Logging Up Reading Mileage
Young scholars will select and enjoy their own range of contemporary and historical texts, display a knowledge of different genre and their particular content, and identify literary aspects of chosen texts for sustained silent reading....
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Internet Press Guild: The Care and Feeding of the Press Release
This is a guide for journalists who work in the field of press relations. This in-depth look at the profession and perfection of skills required to be a success may be enlightening for students interested in journalism and public relations.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: News Writing: Interviews
A variety of news writing interviews from professionals in the field. Some examples of the professionals include Andy Rooney, Kurt Loder, and Joyce Davis.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: The Feature Story?fifteen Minutes (And 500 Words) of Fame!
Contains plans for five lessons that teach students how to write feature news stories and the difference between feature and hard news articles. Students interview each other as prewriting for writing their own human interest stories. In...
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The American Journalism Review
This is an excellent newsletter-style site for the American Journalism Review. Aside from a ton of articles and pertinent information, it offers essential resources, first rate tools, and a huge database for journalists.
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J Learning: Your How to Site for Community Journalism
This website is a tutorial in how to make an on-line community newspaper. Check out the hot topics, more learning, and latest updates sections to get more instruction.
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Broadcasting Board of Governors
Promoting reliable and balanced journalism, the Broadcasting Board of Governors provides a comprehensive history, goal-set and ongoing intentions for international public broadcasting. The BBG seeks to provide unbiased and uncensored...
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American Society of Journalists and Authors
This site is dedicated to freelance writers and independent journalists. It serves both as a homepage for the organization and as a newsletter filled with information.
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National Scholastic Press Association
If you are involved in any way with a school newspaper, yearbook or other school publication, you should be familiar with the national Scholastic Press Association. Teachers or students with an interest in design, article ideas, or legal...
Read Works
Read Works: Passages: The Noisiest Cat
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a fiction text about a girl and her pet cat and answer questions about comprehension, conflict, supporting details, main idea, and more. Links to a paired text and paired text questions...
Read Works
Read Works: Passages: Forgetting the Words
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a fiction text about a boy named Andy who has a part in the school play and answer questions about comprehension, conflict, inferencing, main idea, literary devices, and more. Links to a...
Read Works
Read Works: Passages: The Mountain
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a fiction text about an unexpected love and answer questions about comprehension, setting, vocabulary, transitions, and more. A paired text and questions are also available.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Ology: Express Yourself
Test your skill at reading the emotion expressed in a face in these two matching games.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Facs: Communication Games
This lesson engages students in communication games. Students will learn how to play "Cosmic Motions" and "Silent Ball" to practice communication skills.
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Poets & Writers Magazine: Classifieds
Found in these classifieds are numerous calls for manuscripts of various kinds (some of a somewhat controversial nature). Contests are also mentioned.
University of California
University of California Berkeley: Teaching Discussion [Pdf]
A guide for instructors on how to engage students actively in discussions. SL.9-10.1 Discussion, SL.9-10.1b Group Rules, SL.9-10.1d Possitive Communication Stratagies, SL.11-12.1 Discussion, SL.11-12.1d Resolve/Synthesize
Boston University
How to Conduct a Multi Ethnic Team Reporting Project
This site offers a phenomenal plan for assembling a culturally diverse journalism team to work on a story (or series of stories) of social significance. This extensive guideline provides step by step instructions. (Note: some links may...
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Public Speaking: Using Supporting Material in Your Speech
The purpose of this website is to assist you with finding information about giving speeches and responding to other speeches or information.