Journalism Today

Chapter 4: Organizing the Staff to Capture the News

Activity Lesson Plans

Introduction
Students have learned about several possible ways media organizations might be structured and the positions or roles available within these structures.

Lesson Description
Students will test their knowledge of these structures and roles in this Fill-in-the-Blank activity. To complete this activity, students drag a word from the box to fill each blank. When they are finished, they can click on Check Results to see how well they performed.

Instructional Objectives

1. Students will identify the term that best completes each sentence.


2. Students will practice using the terms in contexts different from the contexts in the lesson.

Student Web Activity Answers

1. subeditor
2. cub reporter
3. sidebar
4. beat reporter
5. tips
6. managing editor
7. jump
8. WED
9. wire services
10. future book

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