Have you ever noticed? There are common camera composition conventions that professional news video shooters, cinematographers, and broadcast engineers use to appeal to viewers. With this 10-Shot Camera Challenge, students can practice and hone basic camera composition shots.

Learn about common problems in audio production, how to solve them and what you can do to capture quality audio.

Students learn how to conquer external audio recorders and best practices for recording and syncing audio. This resource includes a video and teaching resources.

Students learn how sound can make or break their videos, why understanding the power of audio in video production is important, and an overview of different types of mics.

Preparation and practice are the keys to a successful interview and amazing story. The goal of the interview is to get soundbites that connect with your audience, illuminate the topic, and move your story forward.

My World Media Literacy, developed in partnership by BBC Learning, BBC World Services, and Microsoft, is a free educational platform for students ages 11-14 designed with the goal of increasing global media literacy and the evaluation of information presented in modern journalism. Featuring ten 45-minute lesson plans, each with activities and a companion video, these 21st century resources increase students’ critical thinking skills needed to be responsible consumers of news while inspiring them to become citizen journalists in order to navigate the news and form their own opinions.

How does news get from the front lines to your feed? Let’s take a look behind the curtain... Students will gain an understanding of what constitutes broadcast news and how it’s produced. They will use this knowledge to work backwards, investigating and critically analyzing news stories they’ve recently encountered. Click on the Activities Tab to complete the lesson.

Join UEN PDTV as we travel to Vernal, Utah, to meet with CTE teacher Kami Elison, who has developed a broadcast journalism program at Uintah High School where students learn and grow outside the classroom. Discover how she integrates state-licensed tools and real-world experiences to equip students with the skills they need to succeed in post-secondary education and beyond.

This Composition Reader is an edited, curated collection of OER material for you to use as you see fit in your course.  It consists of personal essays, literature, video and audio files, web writing, and long-form journalism.

Students will learn the basics of fact-checking a news story, and the difference between primary and secondary sources.

Students explore new topics and people to develop a compelling news story.
This lesson will help students understand how journalists decide what kinds of stories to pursue and help them sharpen the focus of their own story ideas.

In this Level Up, you will learn why b-roll is key to powerful storytelling, and tips for capturing compelling visuals for any video story. This resource includes a video and teaching resources.

After the Civil War, the modern American novel began to take shape, with Louisa May Alcott, Mark Twain and Henry James leading the way. Authors from all over the country and from various walks of life began publishing books, fulfilling the dreams of James and Emerson who talked about authorship from the everyday man.

In Headlines and High Water, players take on the role of a young journalist in the fictional town of Twin Lakes, where the annual Cherry Festival is thrown into chaos by a catastrophic flood. The player is tasked with interviewing locals and writing stories to keep the town informed—all while staying safe during the town’s worst flood of the century.

Throughout the game, players build trust with the townspeople and interview a cast of quirky characters—like Birdie, the aptly-named nature conservationist, and Fred Finkler, the gardener who’ll talk your ear off. In the end, the player’s reporting will determine if Twin Lakes is still around a year from now, or if future floods wash the town right off the map.

Becky Wandel explores what to look for when reading the news via social media using her original stop light method. This resource includes a video and teaching resources.

In the aftermath of the divisive 2020 presidential election, PBS NewsHour and Student Reporting Labs (SRL) aired "We the Young People", a half-hour virtual special highlighting the impact of young voters. The show featured teen voices and conversations with experts focusing on issues that affect young people.

In the first video, Jevin West, an Associate Professor at the University of Washington who studies the spread of misinformation, talks to student reporter Bridgette Adu-Wadier about the ongoing problem of misinformation online and in our society and how it has impacted democratic processes. In the second video, multimedia reporter Heather Taylor-Wynn talks to two teen fact-checkers from Poynter’s MediaWise program about solutions to slow down the spread of misinformation.

SRL's Becky Wandel spoke with science producer Nsikan Akpan about he how he debunked that cellphone-horns story. This resource includes a video and teaching resources to help students dig more deeply into the facts behind science stories we see in the news.

Watch this quick video to get tips on how to properly focus using a camera

With help from student reporter Sonal Prakash, SRL explains the best ways to tell audio stories at home. Use this accompanying one-pager for more on audio storytelling and step-by-step instructions for creating your own podcast.