The Wall Street Journal has a good collection of recommendations for books about great and infamous newspaper writing. I plan on reading 2-5 on the list. Something to do on a rainy Sunday.
Mr. C
The Wall Street Journal has a good collection of recommendations for books about great and infamous newspaper writing. I plan on reading 2-5 on the list. Something to do on a rainy Sunday.
Mr. C
This seems to be the topic du jour – how to be a good j student. I mainly focus on how to be a good j teacher, but I’m open to advice for our students.
Both posts today come from college based blogs, but once again the advice is just as good for high [...]
This is a very interesting topic with too few resources, but Ars Technica has a great article with a link to a great PDF document that is available for teachers. It is cool because it is one of the few resources that gives full credit to both sides in the debate. It gives [...]
The Daily Writing Tip blog has three great posts for your first lesson on writing. First is How To Write News, the second is on the Inverted Pyramid, and the third is on the 5Ws and the H.
This is a trifecta of learning on how to do basic journalism for any j class [...]
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I’m home today with my ill son. He has an ear infection. It looks like it is getting better, but I had to scramble to put together a lesson for each of my five preps (classes). I actually teach on a seven period day, but have two class periods [...]
As a former journalist myself, I understand why some people leave the profession. But as a journalism teacher, I’m at the other end of the spectrum – trying to encourage young impressionable minds to join the ranks.
I sometimes think things come to me by some kind of karma some days. Today I ran across Paul [...]
Web designers need to make sure that they understand the difference between the five types of links and how to use them on their site. Copyblogger has a great post on this and why it is important to make the most effective use out of each type of link.
Happy web designing.
Mr. C
Or How I Stopped Fearing Fonts and Love Typography
This web site is a great resource for teaching typography and every media student needs to know something about it. Print designers need to understand kerning and leding, while web and broadcasters need to understand the readability of various fonts and how they are affected by [...]
Actually it is, you can teach your kids to write better copy for the yearbook, newspaper or broadcast with these great tips. It is a cool blog entry with writing tips from ten great writers throughout history. The tips are obvious and what you are probably teaching already, but this blog post is a gem.
Mr. [...]
Need a free application for your tired media budget? I know I do. Here’s a great place to get open source applications. Most are free to a good home. Read all the info before downloading.
They have tools for almost every media area – web, music, video, photography, etc. And a lot of great Mac utilities [...]
