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Organisations and Associations
CJR - Columbia Journalism Review
Monitors all forms of press to ensure standards of honesty and responsible journalism are upheld. Provides links to web resources for journalism students.
Journalism Education Association of New Zealand
Provides conference papers, refereed articles, archived articles, and links to related journals.
Exercises for teaching and learning journalism
Exercises are linked to chapters in the no-longer-published journalism textbook INTRO: A Practical Guide to Journalism in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Education
Poynteronline - Everything you Need to be a Journalist
The Poynter Institute is a school for journalists, future journalists, and teachers of journalists.
This website provides information about available courses and seminars, publications, and services.
Training and Advice
Ron Reason News Design and Training: Advice for Smaller Papers
This article is suitable for NCEA media studies students and teachers.
Part of a series of original essays relating to newspaper design, training, and management, the article discusses:
- design and layout challenges
- what attracts and deters readers visually
- how to improve visual appeal.
Student Journalism
New York Times Learning Network
Step-by-step guide for secondary students about the production of an online newspaper.
The authors, with the help of secondary school students and computer professionals, discover all about journalism, staff and technical issues.
Covers how to set up an electronic newspaper right from the concept to the end product.
Journalism Lessons from SchoolJournalism.org
The American Society of News Editors (ASNE) Youth Journalism Initiative, launched in 2000, provides resources and training in youth journalism.
You can search through lessons that award-winning journalism teachers and professors from across the US have contributed to the site.
The lessons are organised by categories, such as Journalism Fundamental Lessons, Specialized Writing Lessons, and Design & Data Journalism Lessons.