1. Generating News
Journalism

2. Swbat understand the difference between hard and soft news and ways to generate news
DO NOW WRITE THIS DOWN
HARD NEWS: Is what you need to know, in the judgment of editors. It is important
SOFT NEWS: This is what the editors think you would enjoy reading about. It is interesting.

3. Generating News Stories
BEAT SYSTEM:
Divides the community into logical areas that produce news.
-Education
-Police
-Public transportation
-Hospitals
-City government

4. PROS AND CONS
What do you think are the pros and cons of covering the same area like education etc.?

5. Other Ways to Generate News Stories
Tips from readers/viewers
Brainstorming in a news meeting
Other Media Sources

6. PUT THIS INTO PRACTICE #1: NY POST #2: NY TIMES #3: USA TODAY
#4: NY DAILY NEWS
Split into 4 teams take 8 minutes together looking through all of the stories that pop up.
How many are hard news?
List headline
How many do you consider soft news?

7. COMPARE THE DIFFERENT PAPERS
What is the ratio of hard news to soft news?
What do you think it should be?

8. BRAINSTORMING IDEAS
WITH THE SAME GROUP, TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT IDEAS FOR ARTICLES TO APPEAR IN THE ORANGE
Think about:
SCHOOL NEWS
LO CAL NEWS THAT IMPACTS US AS A SCHOOL COMMUNITY
NATIONAL NEWS THAT IMPACTS US AS A SCHOOL COMMUNITY
INTERNATIONAL NEWS THAT IMPACTS AS A SCHOOL COMMUNITY