Lesson Plans created by Fiona Kirwan An Initiative from NewsBrands Ireland. 4 Lessons 3 & 4 The News Material to be used Read through the brief points on news and how it can be Pages: defined on page 8: 8 9 Have a quick discussion to elicit their opinions on the definition used here and on the importance of facts, accuracy and balance within the news. The covers of the papers and their news stories on pages 8 and 9 can be referred to here where suitable. Pages 10 and 11 explain the structure of a news story, the 5Ws, 10-20 minutes using very straightforward examples. (depending on length of discussion) After these have been read, either silently and independently, or with the group as a whole each student should take a News Tutorial newspaper and do the following... Optional: Analysing the News Tutorial: Pages: 10 11 1. Write down the name of their paper and date published. 2. Identify a news story in their paper. 3. Write down the headline/ sub head and byline. 4. Summarise the story down into the 5Ws using bullet points. Options for discussion/ analysis: 40+ mins • In pairs they could analyse which of their headlines was the (more time can be allocated to this most factual or sensationalised. task or it can be kept to a minimum) • They could compare the way in which the 5Ws were used i.e. in which order did they come? ! oad nl • They could establish what extra information was given or w o who was quoted. d Handout for o t analysing • Finally they could decide which of the two stories they k c i News Stories l thought was more interesting or better written saying why C Handout. they made that choice. PDF to print/ photocopy • Each pair could feed back to the class. www.presspass.ie @newsbrandsirl News “What you s is news, what you know is background, what you f l is opinion” - Lester Markel, American journalist,Don’t 1894-1977 NEWS Don’t: Start your news articles with a question. Stick to the basic introduction formula and you can’t go wrong. Do Don’t: Editorialise - news stories are Do: Make your story interesting and fact not opinion. It is not your job to relevant. argue a point of view, or sum up with your opinion. Just present the facts What is the job of a and let the reader draw his/her own Do: Always check your facts. Credibility conclusions. journalist? is the most valuable asset to a reporter. Don’t: Get fl owery - keep your sentences Even in the age of 24-hour news cycles, and paragraphs short. digital platforms and social media, the key Do: Be balanced - always give both sides function of a journalist remains the same - of the story. Don’t: Use lots of heavily descriptive gather the information and present it fairly language. When you’ve fi nished, go and accurately. through the entire story and try to The key for any journalist is to give an Do: Use lots of quotes. 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