Ethics and Journalism Freedom of Speech
This page in the Stanford
Encyclopedia of Philosophy focuses on the philosophy behind freedom of speech. Hyperlinks make it easy to scan, but some language may be too complex to facilitate easy reading for high school students. This site is American, which means some of the analysis is based on ideas or materials that might not be the same in Canada. (http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/freedom-speech/)
Sample Codes of Ethics
This site contains links to Journalists' Codes of Ethics in many countries including Canada. The site is organized alphabetically and published by the International Journalists' Network. The links in this site are sometimes outdated. (http://www.ijnet.org/FE_Article/CodeEthicsList.asp?UILang=1)
Student Press Law Center
This site focuses on the legal issues that face students who are involved in journalism. The site has a heavy American bias, but is easy to navigate and breaks content down for high school and university journalists. (http://splc.org/legalresearch.asp)
Journalism History and Museums Historical Stories and the Press Response
The Newseum is an on-line museum that documents important stories, and also stories that were not seen as important. View timelines, quicktime videos and print stories in this great site. (http://www.newseum.org/cybernewseum/) Saskatchewan's Top 100 Historical Stories
This site, which is hosted by the University of Saskatchewan, contains stories from Saskatchewan's newspapers. Early articles start in the 1880's. This site is good for examining Saskatchewan's past or previous news writing styles, but has ineffective navigation and search features. (http://library.usask.ca/sni/stories/index.html)
A Timeline of New Journalism
Available from the Poynter Institute, this set of pages is organized by date which can make it difficult to find information if you are not sure of the date of the things you are looking for. However, it is easy to navigate and has a wealth of information that is very up to date.
(http://poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=75953&sid=26)
Journalism Principles Censorship, and what the public does not learn in the news
Project Censorship is a group of students and experts who work together to create a list of the top 25 censored stories of the year. Click on the link on the home page to view the year's top censored stories or read about the process and the impressive panel of adjudicators in the 'about us' section. (http://www.projectcensored.org/index.html)
Journalism Tools
This is an excellent set of resources on almost all journalism practices and principals. Materials are organized alphabetically and are written in clear language. A bread crumb trail and easy tab buttons make it easy to navigate. The A to Z Journalism Tools section is particularly strong. (http://www.journalism.org/resources/tools/default.asp)
Layout and Design
Front Page Layout
This site, The Newseum, contains copies of front pages from today's newspapers. Images can be enlarged for closer viewing by clicking on the thumb nail images. Papers are primarily American, and written in English. (http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/)
Design Problem Solving Quiz
This site, which is based the work of Ron Reason (http://www.ronreason.com) contains mainly useful articles on design. Particularly useful in the classroom is a flash quiz that poses a series of design problems and potential solutions. The quiz is a good introduction that gets students thinking about the complexity of design and the power of images. (http://www.ronreason.com/simple/index.html)
Introduction to Layout Terms
This site, entitled Tameri Guide for Writers, uses simple terminology to explain the parts of a front page. The use of graphics on the right and colors to denote types of information is good, but the order of elements is confusing without a design background.(http://www.tameri.com/dtp/elements.html)
Photojournalism Narrated Photojournalism
This site, The Newseum, contains a series of pages with images taken by well know news photographers. The photographers provide a narrative describing the circumstances in which the photo was taken, and why it affected others. Visitors click on the photojournalism tab at the bottom of the screen to view only the photojournalism exhibit. (http://www.newseum.org/cybernewseum/)
Photojournalism Journals
Behind the Viewfinder contains a series of journals from photojournalists and the samples of the the works they create. The journalists discuss their crafts, ethics, development of a story and many other journalism topics. Each of the 365 journals is different. (http://www.digitalstoryteller.com/YITL/biglistsort.htm)
National Press Photographers Association
This site showcases winners in a number of categories including still photography, television photography and web. The galleries of the previous year's winners demonstrate the key elements of effective photojournalism. (http://www.nppa.org/competitions/)
Composition Tutorial
Geoff Lawrence's explanation of composition is simple and well illustrated with examples. It focuses on the rule of thirds, cropping and viewpoint. The site that hosts his page, Photo Composition Articles (http://photoinf.com/), has a number of other good pages on composition. Although a number of sites are excellent, Lawrence's site is the simplest and is a good introduction to photography. (http://photoinf.com/General/Geoff_Lawrence/Composition.html)
Digital Photography and Manipulating the Truth
The Media Awareness Network has a number of Canadian resources designed for teacher and student use. This one focuses on the ways we can manipulate images digitally and the effects of that manipulation. It is entitled Photographic Truth in a Digital Era. (http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/teachable_moments/photo_truth.cfm)
Research Using the Web for Research
This site, published by the Media Awareness Network is a Canadian site with a number of useful pages. In particular, the pages on Searching the Internet Effectively and Authenticating On-line Information are excellent. The site also has both a search feature and a section for teachers, making resources easy to find. Also recommended in this site is a section on checking validity of web sources and a handout on web searching (http://www.media-awareness.ca)
Bright Planet's How to conduct an effective search
This page details how to search effectively through an executive summary, and includes a detailed index that gives in-depth information. (http://www.brightplanet.com/deepcontent/tutorials/search/index.asp)
Teacher Resources Journalism Studies Curriculum
This site contains the complete curriculum for Journalism Studies 20. To view content you must cover, view the Modules, or look at the Objectives separately to see what required learning must occur. (http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/journal20/)
Media Awareness Network's teacher resources
This site, the center piece of which is MNet, has resources for teachers, students and parents. The section for teachers includes searchable lesson plans and content, in addition to background information and articles. The site is easy to search and the resources are well suited to the target audiences. These Canadian resources are available in French and English. (http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/teachers/index.cfm)
High School Journalism.org
This site, which is sponsored by the American Society of Newspaper Editors, has a good section of lesson plans on diverse subjects and some good teaching tips. There are also some excellent links. (http://highschooljournalism.org//index.teachers.cfm)
The Editorial Eye
Based on The Editorial Eye, a 12-page American monthly newsletter, the site is a collection of selected articles on writing editing, layout and the craft in general. This is an excellent source of background information, although the language can be technical. (http://www.eeicommunications.com/eye/eyeindex.html)
Instructional Strategies
This site breaks the instructional strategies into categories and describes many strategies under each. Clear instructions are included. The site is maintained by the Saskatoon Public School Division. (http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/PD/instr/strats/cattain/)
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