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Model Adviser Code of Ethics
DISCUSSION: Code of Ethics
Code of Ethics Acknowledgement
Newspaper Class Rules, Expectations, and Procedures
BCPS Technology Usage
In-School Assignment Absence Form
Trello Intro Video
Click this link to join Trello and get access to our board
Editor and Staffer Responsibilities on Trello
Newspaper Writing Scales
Newspaper Speaking and Listening Scales
Newspaper Grading System - Points
Required Newspaper Hours
Productivity Proficiency Skills Scale
2017 Calendars
Interpersonal/Organizational Skills Assessment
Grading Resources
Newspaper Advertising Requirements
Ad Contact Sheet
Teen Purchasing Power
2016-2017 Ad Contract
Ad Refusal Form
Tips and Strategies for Selling Ads
ASSIGNMENT: Ad Leads
First Amendment & the 9 Exceptions
Unpopular Speech
Free Speech in Public Schools
First Amendment in Schools Flow Chart
First Amendment FAQ
First Amendment Quiz
Four Elements of Libel Law
Test Your Knowledge: Libel Quiz
Invasion of privacy law, in brief
Test Your Knowledge: Invasion of Privacy Quiz
Editor's Emergency Kit
Why avoiding Prior Review is Educationally Sound
JEA Censorship Panic Button
Sample Press Release
SPLC Copyright Guide
SPLC Copyright FAQ
SPLC Copyright Quiz
I NEED A PICTURE... NOW WHAT?
The Eagle Eye Contract and License for Creative Work
Reporting on a Beat
Beat Assignments
Sports Beat Reports
Clubs Beat Reports
Resources for Adviser Considering Beat Reporting
News Values
PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT: News Values
QUIZ: News Values
Sections of the News Magazine
PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT: Story Ideas
1 Million Story Ideas
Story Idea Form
Sources
Spotting Bad Statistics
Fake Or Real? How To Self-Check The News And Get The Facts
Determining the reliability of web sources
Media Bias Chart
PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT - Researching a topic
NSPA - Info Hub
Government Statistical Sites
U.S. Data and Statistics
Pew Research Center
Congressional Budget Office
Interviewing
PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT: Interview Questions
Quotations and Attributions
Some important notes about Quotations, Attributions & Plagiarism
Journalists Need to Do the Math
Polls & Surveys - Designing objective questions
Polls & Surveys - Analyzing and reporting findings
Survey Question Types
How many people should I ask?
PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT: Create a Survey
How to Write a News Story
PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT: Practice Identifying the 5W's & H
PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT: Practice with the Inverted Pyramid
How to write a news lead
The Nutgraph
Editorializing - Don't do it...
What are News Briefs?
PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT: Write a News Brief
News Story Checklist
A Reporter's Checklist
The Hourglass News Story Structure
The Kabob Story Structure
EXAMPLE STORY: Assault Chaos caught on video on freshman football bus trip
EXAMPLE STORY: New online state testing brings technical difficulties turning three days into four weeks
EXAMPLE STORY: Homelessness in Rockwood- Rockwood students defy sterotypes of homelessness
Investigative Reporting
High School Journalists Land a Scoop, and the Principal Resigns
How Kansas high school journalists exposed a principal’s puffed-up resume
Pulitzer Prize Winning Investigative Reports
EXAMPLE STORY: Lost kids easily found: Sun-Sentinel turns up nine of DCF's missing children
PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT: Write a full length news story or investigative report
Writing Feature Stories
Types of Feature Leads
Feature Lead Examples
PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT: Writing Feature Leads
Writing Profiles
EXAMPLE PROFILES: 300 Words
Example Profile: Frozen in Time
EXAMPLE: Coping with the Past
PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT: Write a Profile
EXAMPLE STORY: State of Mind
EXAMPLE STORY: Beneath the Brilliance
EXAMPLE STORY: Transformation
EXAMPLE STORY: Interred
EXAMPLE STORY: Social Media Feature
EXAMPLE STORY: High on Focus
EXAMPLE STORY: When Love Goes Wrong
Feature Story Checklist
PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT: Write a Feature Story
Beyond the Inverted Pyramid: Creating Alternative Story Forms
More Examples of Alternative Story Forms
Video: The Beauty of Data Visualization
Pinterest Infographic Idea Board
How to Create Infographics
The Ultimate Infographic Design Guide: 13 Tricks For Better Designs
Infographic Planning Sheet
PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT: Infographic Practice Assignment - Proposal
Venngage - Infographic Creation Website
Venngage Video Tutorials
Infographic Practice Assignment - Design
VIDEO: How to Write an Editorial
VIDEO: Editorial Writing
401 Argumentative Prompts
EXAMPLE: Virginia wages war on the poor with drivers license suspensions
EXAMPLE: Why arguments against gun control are flawed
EXAMPLE: Teaching the arts
Editorial Checklist
PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT: Write an editorial
Editorial Cartoons
PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT: Analyze two editorial cartoons
Video: The Power of Cartoons
VIDEO: The Making of an Editorial Cartoon
NSPA - Cartooning Awards 2015
PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT: Draw an editorial cartoon
Sports Writing
EXAMPLE: In a Heartbeat
EXAMPLE: It Takes a Team: Running with Edward
EXAMPLE: Gay athletes still battle locker room culture
EXAMPLE: After Long Return, Giants Back in Running
EXAMPLE: [Brief] Men’s water polo washes out Plantation High
EXAMPLE: Eagle Eye Sports Section from March 2016
EXAMPLE: Douglas Baseball Wins State Title For First Time in School History (Multimedia)
EXAMPLE: They call it a “Ring Chase;” Students release song to support baseball team
Sports Game Story Checklist
PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT: Write a sports game story
How to Review a Restaurant Like a Pro
Restaurant Review Questions
EXAMPLE REVIEW: A MacGyver of Slow-Cooked Meats at Franklin Barbecue
EXAMPLE REVIEW: Bubble Pop a Flop
Restaurant Review Checklist
PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT: Writing about food
PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT: Write a restaurant review
Critic's Notebook - What to Look for at the Movies
How to Write a Movie Review w/example
(Ghostbusters Review) Girls Rule. Women are Funny. Get Over It.
Movie Review Checklist
PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT: Write a movie review
Questions to Consider Before Writing a Book Review
6 Elements of a Good Book Review
EXAMPLE REVIEW: 'Girl in Blue Coat' A powerful coming of age tale in war torn Amsterdam
Example Book Review: Survivor
Book Review Checklist
PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT: Write a book review
Emmy Nominations 2016: 'Game of Thrones' rules again
Can running make you smarter?
20 Quick Exercises to improve any story
Tips for Eliminating to be Verbs
Replacing Weak Verbs
List of Action Verbs
Newsmagazine Headlines
Newsmagazine Headlines (continued)
PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT: Write a newsmagazine headline
Writing Newspaper Headlines
Best Headlines from a 2009 Contest
PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT: Write a newspaper headline
How to Write a Caption
Caption Checklist
PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT: Caption Writing
Meet The Associated Press Stylebook Team
How to Use the AP Style Guide
AP Stylebook - Condensed Version
AP Style Quiz 1 - Numerals
Ap Style Quiz 2 - Abbreviations
AP Style Quiz 3 - Addresses
AP Style Quiz 4 - Punctuation
AP Style Quiz 5 - Punctuation/Spelling
AP Style Quiz 6 - Time 1
AP Style Quiz 7 - Comprehensive
AP Style Quiz 8 - Comprehensive
Eagle Eye News
Eagle Eye News Login
Online Story Checklist
Using EagleEye.News - The Basics
PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT: Write an online story
What is Multimedia Storytelling?
EXAMPLE: Class of 2015 turns the tassels at graduation
EXAMPLE: Terrace students more aware of rights than American adults
EXAMPLE: Mckinney Pool Party Makes a Splash Across Nation
EXAMPLE: Girls water polo conquers all and makes history at cif championship gamei
EXAMPLE: One in 8 Million
Soundcloud
Thinglink
TimelineJS
StoryMapJS
TweetDeck
SmugMug
Youtube
Tutorial: Video Techniques
PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT: Plan a Multimedia Story
PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT: Create a Multimedia Story
VIDEO: What role does news design play in content strategy?
The Elements & Principles of Design
PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT: Elements & Principles of Design
Magazine Page Elements
3 Degrees of Separation
Design Topics
Package Planning
NSPA - Design of the Year Winners - 2015
NSPA Design of the Year Winners - 2016
Newsmagazine Design Ideas
2016-2017 Style Guide
Layout Checklist
PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT: One-Page Layout
PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT: Two-Page Layout
Crash Course on InDesign CS6
Indesign How To's
Layout Checklist
PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT: One-Page Layout on computer
PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT: Two-Page Layout on computer
What is photography?
How to Hold Your Camera
Camera Safety
Equipment Use Contract
Lesson 12 Composition
10 Top Photography Composition Rules
Types of Shots
Angles
Candid vs. Posed
Don't just shoot action, shoot reaction too
PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT: Photography Basics
Time Magazine - The Best Photojournalism of 2016
14 Instagram Photojournalists Who Will Open Your Eyes to the World
Missouri JEA Photo of the Year Winners
NSPA Photo of the Year Winners 2016
Making Sense of Manual Mode Pocket Helper
Environmental Portraits
PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT: Shooting in Manual
Lesson 26 Shooting Sports
How to Shoot Sports
Guides to Shooting Various Sports
PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT: Shooting a sporting event
Photography Code of Ethics
Cameras and the Law
Lesson 17 Photos Lie
iMovie in Under 5 minutes
Tutorial: Video Techniques
PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT: Create a video
Dropbox Tour
How to Use Dropbox for Newspaper
Twitter - @EagleEyeMSD
Instagram - @HumansofMSD
Facebook - @MSDEagleEyeNews
YouTube - MSD Eagle Eye News
Everything You Need to Know to Successfully Live-Tweet Your Event
PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT: Live Tweeting
Humans of New York
PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT: Humans of MSD
The Best High School Journalism
Dart News
The Harbinger
The Highlander
Verde
HiLite
ASSIGNMENT: Other Schools' Print Edition
HiLite Online
The Paly Voice
The Harbinger Online
The Little Hawk
HHSToday.com
ASSIGNMENT: Other Schools' Online Edition
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