Journalism Skills 1

Activity 1

Working in pairs, write a list of tasks that might be undertaken by a reporter for a regional newspaper such as the Highland newspaper featured in the video. Hint: not all tasks undertaken by a reporter make good telly - use information from previous weeks as well!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Activity 2

Compare your list with the rest of the class, then go back into pairs and prepare a 'day in the life' for a typical news reporter on such a newspaper, indicating typical sources of news/running stories.