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American Public Media: Prairie Home Companion
This site from American Public Media offers the opportunity to listen to "A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor" shows and also presents trivia about the show, writings by Keillor, and other related materials.
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Federal Communications Commission: Media Bureau
The Federal Communications Commission provides an in-depth look at what the Mass Media Bureau is responsible for.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Five Ways Teachers Are Fighting Fake News
Since a recent Stanford study showed that students at practically all grade levels can't determine fake news from the real stuff, the push to teach media literacy has gained new momentum. This article gives five quality examples of...
Community Learning Network
Cln: Instructional Materials in Media Literacy Studies
CLN "Theme Pages," focus on specific topics within Media Literacy/Studies. CLN's theme pages are collections of useful Internet educational resources within a narrow curricular topic and contain links to two types of information....
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Media Line: Interactive Resource for Television Industry
This is a multimedia information center for journalists working (or hoping to work) in television. Great visuals and reader-friendly copy.
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Pro Publica: Journalism in the Public Interest
An independent newsroom that covers a wide variety of topics and events, which are often neglected by the mainstream media, and works to promote change. Explore investigative reports on politics, social-justice issues, technology, and...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Unspoken Words of Media Ethics (Lesson Plan)
A lesson that takes young scholars through an exploration of the codes of ethics for journalists and the unspoken rules that govern the media and the news we hear. Students also examine the ethical dilemmas faced by reporters.
Media College
Media College: How to Write a News Story
The process in writing TV news stories is analyzed in this Media College site. Writing press releases and what makes a story newsworthy are a added bonus to the viewer.
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Online Journalism
Use this site for analyzing the effectiveness and techniques of several aspects of web news. Pop up windows guide viewers to important questions about what they will view.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Cnn Debuted as the First Television News Network in 1980
These lesson plans relate to the gathering and production of news and creating a visual timeline. There are links to other lesson plan ideas, as well as web links, and a brief bibliography. SL.11-12.2 Eval&Integrate sources
New York University
Center for Religion and Media: The Revealer
The Revealer blogs about religious issues of the day and how the press covers them. Includes a useful selection of links to a wide range of religion news resources (including other blogs).
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Indiana Public Media: A Moment of Science: Videos, Podcast, and Radio Program
Moment of Science, a two-minute public radio broadcast on topics of the day with a science twist, publishes a range of ancillary material that aligns with its daily coverage of science news. Includes an archive of past shows, articles,...
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Pbs: Media Shift: Your Guide to the Digital Media Revolution
This website is a guide to the way the new media-blogs, RSS, podcasting, citizen journalism, wikis, news aggregators, and video repositories-are changing the way we take in the news of our world. Click on the underlined words to...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Pbs News Hour Student Reporting Labs Collection
Student Reporting Labs (SRL) creates transformative educational experiences through video journalism that inspire youth to find their voice and engage with their communities. SRL lesson plans, assignment prompts and instruction tools...
American Psychological Association
Apa: How Much News Coverage Is Ok for Children?
This article from the American Psychological Association provides tips about how to limit news exposure after tragic events.
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Bea: The Broadcast Education Association
Established in 1955, the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) has expanded its scope to include all aspects of telecommunications and electronic media. Their nicely designed home page gives a good overview of covered topics.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Evaluate Tone in Various Media for Audiences and Purposes
This lesson features several weather videos, both real and created, to help students understand how information and the tone changes based on the audiences and the purposes for the presentation.
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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...
PBS
Pbs Online News Hour Extra: Watching the Clock: Building Media Savvy Students
A lesson that leads students to an understanding of the time constraints on broadcast news by applying data-collecting and data-display skills. Students will learn to identify the main difference between publicly funded news programs...
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Before and After: The New Face of Nightly News
Interesting article follows the return of "hard" news to the 3 evening newscasts from June to October 2001. Includes infographics and source material.
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.
University of California
Knight Digital Media Center: I Movie
Learn how to edit with IMovie in this tutorial from graduate students at Cal State Berkeley.
University of California
Knight Digital Media Center: Photoshop
Learn Photoshop editing in this tutorial designed by graduate students from Cal State Berkeley.
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Knight Digital Media Center: Final Cut Pro
The video editing program, FinalCut Pro, is featured in this online tutorial. Learn all of the basics in this advanced editing program.
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