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Welcome!
This webquest is here to help you choose
good articles and find viable research
websites to help you succeed in
your newscast. Following the steps in the task section will help you to complete the best newscast you can create. HOME |
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Welcome to the real world! You are currently employeed as an intern at News 13. Your boss has asked you to create your own newscast with two co-workers. You have to choose some current event that interests you! You will then have to choose who within your group is going to research the article, and then who is going to be the reporter. You will also need to have someone who is skilled enough to be a videographer and help you write your script. In order to show your video you must be able to show that you can fully interpret a news article. You will have to be able to re-create the story from start to finish in your own words. You will have to show this newscast to your "target audience" and your "boss" before you are allowed to show it on air, so make sure it is appropriate and interesting! HOME |
| Process: In order to be promoted to a "News Team" you and your group members must: Step One: Meet with the group of three that your boss has randomly assigned. Step Two: Choose which role you and each of your team members would like to do... Your options are 1. Researcher : in charge of re-writing the article based on your target audience. Also in charge of creating the cue cards for the anchor. Lastly will work with the group to create the best project that they can. 2. Videographer : in charge of videotaping the newscast and creating an imovie using this. Other team members will include feedback during the editing stage of the imovie as well. 3. Actor : (Can be more than one person) in charge of reporting the news according tot he cue cards that the group has created, and making the article relatable. Step Three: Decide on the current event article *all three must agree* to breoadcast. Use the link provided in the research section. Step Four: Begin your research; make sure that you find a written or auditory element for the same article that you choose that you can use as a resource as well. Remember to keep track of this resource as you will have to keep it for your presentation to show your boss. Make sure that in the end you can answer these questions. 1. Name of Article: 2. Original Source of Article: 3. Second Source of Article: 4. Date Origionally Published: Step Five: Work with your group. Make sure to create a newscast storyboard where you explain the story in words that you would use in regular speech. be positive that what you write will be spoken for at least 2 1/2 minutes. Step Six: Record, Edit and Add any special effects you would like. Music and pictures are accepted as long as they are appropriate and have to do with the article and are appropriate. Remember that this is going to be shown to your boss, as well as your target audience, and your job depends on it. Step Seven: Show to target audience and be prepared to explain article choice and show research. Link to My Example Newscast HOME |
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This is where you will find your resources. You will be able to use these resources to research the article you choose. You will be able to find some other articles that link to it that are written by other people, therefore helping you as the researcher get a feel for some of the points of view that go along with your article. Remember to make sure that any editorial news or tabloid news is not a viable resource, so be careful of that! List of Newspapers in Maine Another List of Newspapers and Newscasts Maine Today Portland Press Herald Educators Newspaper: Terms Etc. All of these websites are willing to let you use them for this project. They are here for research purposes only, and you must cite them in your worked cited page. Keep this in mind while you are searching, and keep track of what websites you have used, and the date that you accessed them. HOME |
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Congratulations! You are now officially a master news reporter! You have completed your task, and your team has been given a raise (as well as in pay) by becoming the newest "News Team". This webquest should have given you some new insight into the life of a reporter, and a researcher. Is this maybe something you would like to do when you get to choose your career field?! It is something to think about! HOME |