Talent Week Day Newspaper

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Talent Week Day Newspaper

At the end of two day workshop, you will have

• written two stories; one in a pair, the other individually
• investigated a good news story of your choice
• learned which kinds of questions to ask when
• learned about a variety of text types

Newspapers

What is news?

What does it take to become a journalist?

News:

• to persuade
• to inform
• to connect

Uncovering bias

"News is made, not gathered"

How can we share news if we can't connect to people who don't look like us?

Time to do some research

What good news do you want to share?

Who is your audience?

Are you going to persuade, inform or connect people with your story?

Text types:

article - on the 24hr news cycle

want ad

obituary

columnist

travel writing

political

economics

food section

review (book or movie)

lifestyle

opinion-editorial

sports

Making a pitch

Each person is going to research two articles, one individually the other in their pair.  

Each pair will pitch their article to see who gets to develop their story for publishing

Feedback

How is feedback valuable?

How do you want to give & receive feedback?

Polish your pitch!

Present

Write