Promote Yourself

Journalism 1

Today, I broke down paragraph by paragraph about how to write a feature story. I use a UIL prompt to select facts/quotes to use. I’ve attached the outline I use.

Keys things

Creative lead that catches attention

Newspeg with a future event – written as concisely as possible

Quote feelings and emotions

Use facts in transition to introduce the person about to be quoted

Third person only

Behind the Scenes

Today, we replaced large “rasterbated” photos throughout the school. https://rasterbator.net is a great tool to enlarge photos. We hang them in 8.5×11 plastic sleeves and hang them throughout the school. We are sure to include a “photo by” with our logo and student news site.

Classroom Tour

I was out today to get caught up on stuff from home. I’ve been wanting to share a video of my space to hopefully help

The Radical Write

In Journalism 1, we are still learning about photography. But I think it’s important to consistently teach writing. So during the six weeks, this photography

Senior Ad Procedures

During my 24 years, I have never missed a senior ad. I hope this video helps you get organized and show ways to check and

Caption Writing

There are a bazillion resources on writing captions. The key is to constantly have your students practicing. And journalism one, during the photography unit, I

Basic Photo Scavenger Hunt

Today in Journalism 1, I showed a couple of power points on the photo composition. These can be found on the Internet. Walsworth has a