Lesson Plans for High School Journalism Advisors

The 2005 and 2006 ASNE Fellows created these lesson plans as part of
the High School Journalism Institute at USF.
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Ethics

06 Alcorn Understanding Ethics
06 Burnett Ethical decision making
06 Turakian Making Ethical Decisions
06 Yedwab Ethics for HS Journalists

First Amendment

05 Lablaiks Understanding our Rights
05 Moffitt First Amendment in Action
05 Reiker Applying First Amendment to School Pub
05 Stahl What is First Amendment

Reporting

06 Mohr Investigative Journalism
06 Oliver Good Reporting
(get the handout)
06 Pettis News Values
(get the handout)
06 White News Judgement

05 Abbruzzese Fact Gathering
05 Baltic Basics of Journalism
05 Ford Story Research
05 Kaplan Balance and Accuracy
05 LamarSampson
Story Idea Project

05 Telzrow Newsworthy
05 Thor Credibility

Interviewing

06 Chancey Interviewing Skills
06 Konrath Basic Interviewing

05 Adams-Byrd Interviewing
05 Burd Group
Principal Interview

05 Kolstad Interview #1
(get
Kolstad Int #2)

Diversity

06 Cluff Community Coverage

 

Photography

06 Beth Photo Rules of Composition
06 Deutsch Photo Perspective
06 Keister Photo Rule of Thirds
06 Kerr Photo Resolution
(get example | inch grid)
06 O'Neill Photographic Elements
06 Reimer Finding the Story
06 Riley Photo Rule of Thirds

05 Bryant How to Take a Good Photograph
05 Martin Pictures and Storytelling

Media History

05 VanOrman Milestones in Media History
(get the handout)

Writing

06 Allen Inverted Pyramid
06 Borges Writing a Profile
06 Clementoni Effective Headline
(get the handout)
06 Harris Vivid Descriptions
06 Hoover Inverted Pyramid

(get the handout)
06 McKinney Editorials
(get the handout)
06 Meadows Journalistic Genres
06 Shannon Effective Headlines
06 Sherry Comparing Fact and Opinion
06 Vickers Lead Writing
06 Vining Identifying What Is Important
06 Wright Perspectives in News Writing

05 Fink Plagiarism
05 Graef News Story Format
05 Grebel Feature Stories
05 Hamilton Editorials
05 Harowitz Using Best Newspaper Writing
05 Kristensen Story Writing
05 Loftus News Story Structure
05 Magby Plagiarism
05 Odette-Parma Editorial Writing

Design

06 Bergan Design Fundamentals
06 Gibbins Alternative Copy
06 Renard Newspaper Critique
06 Scarberry Surviving Layout
06 Young Effective Design
(get the handout)

05 Ryan VanBuren Design

Advertising

05 Massa Ads in Multicultural Community
05 Plascencia Getting Started with Advertising