Resources
There are so many wonderful journalism resources out there.
Here are just a few - including the handbooks we’ve created for our own Adviser and Student Fellows.
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For copies of our Journalism Adviser Handbook - written by award-winning NYC journalism advisers - and Editor Handbook - written by NYC high school editors - send an email to us directly at lara@presspassnyc.org.
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The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY has developed an innovative high school journalism education curriculum as part of Journalism for All — a public-private effort to bring equitable journalism opportunities to New York City public schools led by the Youth Journalism Coalition. The curriculum is now accessible for free through this website and we hope it will inspire many high school teachers in New York and around the country, to explore the intersection of civics, journalism, literacy and student engagement!
Register here for free curriculum access - including Press Pass NYC’s own four-week module on Student Media Production. Or write to us for access to this module directly.
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Baruch College’s High School Journalism Program [“HSJP”] is an initiative to inspire and support public high school student journalists, teacher-advisors and school newspapers while encouraging experiential news literacy education through our educational programming. The HSJP is part of Baruch College’s Department of Journalism and the Writing Professions. This grant-funded program, directed by Professor Geanne Belton, offers, free of charge, an annual NYC High School Journalism Conference, an annual NYC public high school journalism competition, and a new course for teachers to help public high schools that don’t have newspapers to launch newspapers.
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The Journalism Education Association (JEA) provides countless resources and educational opportunities for both member educators and students and also offers a mentoring program that matches trained veteran advisers with individuals new to teaching journalism and advising student media to offer support and guidance during their initial years in scholastic journalism education, two years of free membership included. In addition, in response to the Covid pandemic, JEA developed anywhereJEA, turnkey materials designed for immediate use in any scholastic media program, no membership necessary.
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This master-class series from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association provides educational support for student journalists and their advisers. Video content includes instruction for those who are just starting out as well as for those who have established publications. Adviser-specific themes are also presented.
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Started by a high school journalist FOR fellow high school journalists, this online platform connects high school journalists from across the globe and creates a space to share ideas, resources, and practices. Their goal is to empower the student journalism community.
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Beyond the Front Page 2.0 is a multimedia journalism collection designed for both teachers and students in grades 6 through 12. This collection includes interviews with contributors from PBS NewsHour and The New York Times. Through a series of nine videos and a companion website, the project highlights the keys to understanding and utilizing journalism - including What Is Journalism?
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NBCU Academy is a free, award-winning education program for developing new skills and advancing careers in journalism, media and tech. Students (and teachers!) can take courses and watch how-to videos on a variety of essential journalism topics like “How to Write an Online News Article” and “Mastering the News Interview” narrated by NBC News journalists.
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The Organized Adviser was created in 2017 to serve as a resource and online community. Made by journalism teachers for journalism teachers, this website provides free “ready-to-use resources and coaching that help to plan your publications, stay organized, prevent burnout, increase publication quality, and promote credibility in your community.” This particular page includes a great list of important things to consider when starting a school news publication from square one.
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The JLI’s The Student Voice (TSV) is a student-run professional development program for high school students focused on providing practical, accessible journalism advising. University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication undergraduates produce a variety of educational written, video and audio content to be utilized by younger students as tools for journalism and communications skill-building.
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Are you looking to teach or revamp your journalism or strategic journalism lessons? The faculty and staff at the Missouri School of Journalism want to share their expertise with you and your students. Each of these 25 modules contains learning objectives, short video lectures, worksheets and activities, quizzes and related resources, produced for easy integration using Google Classroom and Google Apps for Education. The topics covered include everything from audience engagement and audio storytelling to reporting and interviewing and journalism ethics.
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The SNO Sites Student Journalism Media publishing platform offers this free curriculum.
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SchoolJournalism offers the following:
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MakeMyNewspaper offers a long list of free student journalism video lessons and an Adviser’s and Editor’s Resource Center with excellent advice for advisers just starting out, as well as newsprint templates and printing services.
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The Pulitzer Center offers an array of educational resources and workshops, including this Journalist’s Toolbox lesson series.
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SPJ has also created a Journalist’s Toolbox and a series of video lessons for students on a variety of topics including Editing, Ethics, Headline Writing, and Basic Reporting.
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NLP provides excellent news literacy programs and resources for educators and the public, including their NewsLit Nation Forum community for educators, and an extensive learning resource library and Checkology(r) free learning platform. Press Pass NYC highly recommends not only incorporating News Literacy into your journalism curriculum but incorporating the school newspaper into your News Literacy curriculum!
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This blog post from Quill & Scroll’s Principal’s Guide to Scholastic Journalism beautifully lays out the profound civic and pedagogical reasons for supporting scholastic journalism and student press freedom and recommendations for administrators. And The Principal’s Guide itself is an incredibly helpful resource for Administrators and School Leaders.
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This comic book-style classroom resource engages students with a diverse cast of characters who experience the rewards and challenges of being young reporters, while providing readers the basics they need to produce high quality reported articles.
Looking to connect your students with professional journalists? Here are some excellent resources:
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PEN America’s Writers in the Schools places PEN America members, including journalists, in New York City schools.
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We have a wonderful list of generous journalists eager to volunteer their time, in-person and virtual, to inspire the next generation of journalists AND informed citizens.
