Exploring Journalism

Quarter (19000)
Level
Middle School
Content Area
English
Grade(s)
6

This exploratory course requires students to produce a newspaper or audio/video news broadcast. Through their work, students learn about newspaper and broadcast writing and production.

Students will:

  • Learn and use journalistic style.
  • Analyze print and/or television broadcasts for content and technical quality.
  • Write news articles including editorials, features, and sports and/or develop broadcast shorts including commercials, public service announcements, or news shows, public service announcements, and commercials.
  • Experience the various jobs of journalistic work such as proofreading, editing, layout of pictures and copy, headlines, writing script preparation, and final production.
Schools
Dorothy Hamm Middle School
Gunston Middle School
Kenmore Middle School
Swanson Middle School
Thomas Jefferson Middle School
Williamsburg Middle School