
Lesson 8: News Satire
This week, we take a look at satire journalism, including what separates a good idea from a bad one, the writing process, and how it must distinguish itself now from fake news. We interview Anna Larra...
19 Maj 202130min

Lesson 6: Watergate Retrospective
This week, we ask retired journalism adviser Karl Grubaugh about his viral Twitter thread that reflected on a 1994 side project asking public figures who were involved in the Watergate scandal what Am...
12 Apr 202132min

Lesson 5: Pandemic Journalism
This week, we turn the spotlight onto The Tower student publication at The Masters School (New York) and talk to journalism adviser Ellen Cowhey about their excellent, ongoing reporting during the COV...
29 Mars 202142min

Lesson 4: News Literacy
This week, we discuss a future in which news literacy is standardized education, why it's so important and what it would look like with Darragh Worland, vice president of creative services for the New...
15 Mars 202131min

Lesson 3: Polls and Surveys
This week, Kansas Scholastic Press Association executive director Eric Thomas explains what makes him nervous about student journalists trying to be pollsters to provide definite answers to big, indef...
1 Mars 202133min

Lesson 2: Beginner Interviewing
This week, journalism curriculum expert Ivy Kaplan teaches us how to conduct an interview. She outlines a few easy, transferrable strategies to be better prepared and discusses things to look out for ...
15 Feb 202141min

Lesson 1: Forced Adaptability
Teaching is a hard job. The coronavirus pandemic has complicated it even more. How can you carry on when your situation is so fluid, when you don't know whether you'll be teaching class tomorrow in pe...
1 Feb 202140min





















