Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: The Camelot Times: Writing a Newspaper
As part of a unit on Arthurian literature and medieval culture, middle schoolers imagine they are reporters living in the realm of King Arthur and create newsletters/newspapers based on their study and research.
Other
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.
CNN
Cnn: Newspaper Won't Identify Sources in Bombing
Remember Richard Jewell? He was the man accused of being the Olympic bomber by anonymous sources. Jewell was cleared and sued the paper for libel. Links to related stories allows viewers to follow Jewell's story.
Other
Univ. Of Kansas: The Wonderful World of Editing
This is a graphically pleasing site with an absolute ton of information about words, how we use them and how we abuse them. Reading this is nearly as much fun as writing it seems to have been for the author, William Allen White, School...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Alter Egos
Can a person have two selves? Beyonce is also known as Sasha Fierce; Clark Kent, the newspaper reporter, transforms into Superman. The idea that a person can have "another self" is a relatively new concept. As you read about the concept...
Boston College
Becker Collections: Drawings of the American Civil War
The Becker Collection showcases the drawings and observations of artist-reporters who worked for "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Weekly Newspaper," a newspaper of the time. Find a visual record of the war along with other drawings that...
University of Wisconsin
Wi Electronic Reader: Edna Ferber
This digitization of the 1918 reference work "Wisconsin Authors and Their Works" contains a brief sketch of Ferber's life and an excerpt from Ferber's 1911 novel, "Dawn O'Hara, The Girl Who Laughed."
Other
Beginning Reporting: Getting Organized
Here are five quick tips to help you get organized for writing your story, from a professional newspaper reporter.
NSTATE
Netstate: Michigan, Edna Ferber
A brief biography is included here, along with an early photo of Ferber (1885-1968 CE). Focuses primarily on her writing career.
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Rcfp: State of Ohio, Ex. Rel. (Amicus Brief)
A "friend of the court" document in which the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press explains why it believes that The Columbus Dispatch newspaper had the right to access government information for possible publication.
Other
Kansas State University: Landon Lecture
This site from Kansas State University gives a transcript of a question and answer session given by Bob Woodward in March of 2000. Topics cover Watergate and President Clinton.
Other
Wild Things: Seven Swinging Sand Dollar Facts
Written by a wildlife reporter for a newspaper, this blog entry about sand dollars briefly explains behavioral and feeding aspects of sand dollars on the west coast of the United States.
Other
Wdrcobg.com: Beatles
This site has an interview with reporter Long John Wade who accompanied the Beatles on their First American Tour. This does not include a chronological account of the tour, but it does give interesting bits of information, a few...
Curated OER
Wdrc's Long John Wade
This site has an interview with reporter Long John Wade who accompanied the Beatles on their First American Tour. This does not include a chronological account of the tour, but it does give interesting bits of information, a few...
Curated OER
Aaron Shepard and Ron Landry at Beatles Cocktail Party
This site has an interview with reporter Long John Wade who accompanied the Beatles on their First American Tour. This does not include a chronological account of the tour, but it does give interesting bits of information, a few...
Curated OER
Paul and John With Wfun's Larry Kane
This site has an interview with reporter Long John Wade who accompanied the Beatles on their First American Tour. This does not include a chronological account of the tour, but it does give interesting bits of information, a few...
Curated OER
Long John Wade at Wfil
This site has an interview with reporter Long John Wade who accompanied the Beatles on their First American Tour. This does not include a chronological account of the tour, but it does give interesting bits of information, a few...
Curated OER
What's Doing 'Round Connecticut Column August 23, 1964
This site has an interview with reporter Long John Wade who accompanied the Beatles on their First American Tour. This does not include a chronological account of the tour, but it does give interesting bits of information, a few...
Curated OER
Wdrc Swinging Sixty Survey March 17, 1964
This site has an interview with reporter Long John Wade who accompanied the Beatles on their First American Tour. This does not include a chronological account of the tour, but it does give interesting bits of information, a few...
Curated OER
What's Doing 'Round Connecticut Column October 4, 1964
This site has an interview with reporter Long John Wade who accompanied the Beatles on their First American Tour. This does not include a chronological account of the tour, but it does give interesting bits of information, a few...