DYERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM

 

Subject:               JOURNALISM                                                                                                                                            _____   Semester            

Grade:                __________________________                                                                                                      _____   Year

 

 

TOPIC

ESSENTIAL QUESTION

AUGUST

1.       Job assignments

2.       Beats assignments

3.       Soft news/hard news

4.       Sales techniques/etiquette

5.       Quark Xpress Tutorials

6.       Interviewing

7.       News writing

8.       Leads

9.       Video Yearbook Production

1.       How do I  interview effectively?
How do I conduct myself in the business world?

2.       How do I research my article topic?

3.       How does a journalist write?

4.       Why doesn’t opinion belong in news writing?

5.       How do I use QuarkXpress to produce a newspaper?

6.       What are the responsibilities of each person on staff?

SEPTEMBER

1.       Advertising

2.       Ad design

3.       Graphics techniques

4.       Headlines

5.       Captions

6.       Press law

7.       Ethics

8.       Coverage/futures file

9.       Video yearbook production

1.       What is the jargon of the journalistic world?

2.       How and why do I become an ethical journalist?

3.       What is my audience, and how do they influence what I publish?

4.       How do I proof and edit so that my work is print worthy?

OCTOBER

 

 

 

 

 

1.       Photography basics

2.       Page design

3.       Circulation and marketing

4.       Surveying

5.       Computer layout

6.       Newspaper critique

7.       Video yearbook production

1.       How does our newspaper make money?

2.       How does our newspaper keep up with its money?

3.       What are the principles of design?

4.       How does design enhance the newspaper?

NOVEMBER

 

 

 

1.       Design

2.       Newspaper production and scheduling

3.       Video yearbook production

1.       How do I use QuarkXpress and Typestyler to design a newspaper?

2.       What is a style sheet?

3.       Why is consistency of design important?

DECEMBER

 

 

 

1.       Design

2.       Newspaper production and scheduling

3.       Video yearbook production

4.       Practicum

ALL QUESTIONS APPLY FOR REMAINDER OF YEAR.

JANUARY

 

 

 

 

1.       Design

2.       Newspaper production and scheduling

3.       Video yearbook production

4.       Tennessee High School Press Association contest entries

ALL QUESTIONS APPLY FOR REMAINDER OF YEAR.

How do I prepare a professional press association entry?

FEBRUARY

 

 

1.       Design

2.       Newspaper production and scheduling

3.       Video yearbook production.

ALL QUESTIONS APPLY FOR REMAINDER OF YEAR.

MARCH

 

1.       Newspaper production and scheduling

2.       Video yearbook production

ALL QUESTIONS APPLY FOR REMAINDER OF YEAR.

APRIL

 

 

 

1.       Newspaper production and scheduling

2.       Primary and intermediate school papers

3.       Video yearbook production

4.       Columbia Scholastic Press Association Contest

ALL QUESTIONS APPLY FOR REMAINER OF YEAR.

MAY

 

 

 

1.       Ad sales

2.       Primary and intermediate school papers

3.       Video yearbook production

4.       Practicum

ALL QUESTIONS APPLY FOR REMAINDER OF YEAR.