[LM_NET] Hit: Journalism Resources

["Wee, David" <dwee@HW.COM>]

Thanks to all who responded to my original target. Sorry that this hit
is so long in coming.

 

Original Target:

We have just been invited to work with the teacher of our Introduction
to Journalism course to re-write the course curriculum in order to
incorporate more info. literacy instruction into the course for our
budding journalists.  What are some of your favorite journalism
tools/sites/resources?

 

Resources for use with students:

 

Newseum:

http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/default.asp?bkgd=blue

 

Poynter Online-Everything You Need to Know to be a Better Journalist:

Home--http://www.poynter.org/default.asp

Romanesko Column--http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45 

Nelson Search: The Search Tool for
Journalists--http://www.nelsonsearch.org/  

Poynter's High School Journalism
Program--http://legacy.poynter.org/centerpiece/highschool/poynterprog.ht
m

 

 

 

Teacher Resources (some also relevant to students):

 

NewsU (Free Courses/Tutorials Online [some free]):

http://www.newsu.org/

 

N.Y. Times Learning Page:

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/index.html

 

Highschooljournalism.org (sponsored by the American Society of Newspaper
Editors):

http://www.highschooljournalism.org/

 

Shambles Journalism Page:

http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/resources/journalism/

 

Thanks again,

 

dave

 

Dave Wee, Librarian

Harvard-Westlake Middle School

700 North Faring Road

Los Angeles, California 90077

Phone -- (310) 288-3270

E-mail -- dwee @ hw dot com

 

"You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where
people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of
employing wild animals as librarians."

~~ Monty Python ~~

 


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