Reporter 
for a
WEEK
You will collect audio and video on your chosen news topic from peers, family, friends, teachers etc and then edit those recorded answers into three different Media products - An audio news report, a video news report, and a headline and news paragraph

Tools

  • Your cell phone is your best tool for this project
  • Make sure you have a solid audio and video app downloaded and you are familiar with the settings. 
  • See Fave Apps for suggestions
Be ready at all times
  • Be on the ready at all times for a story.
  • Check and double check all sources.
  • Don't rely on what you think you see
  • Consider your reading audience for each article. Who will read this and where?
  • Don't get stuck in one location. Scout and scour.
  • Use the correct format and tone throughout your articles. Don't change in the middle​.
Nuts & Bolts

In this unit, you will mimic the life of a reporter by developing stories, and writing stories to deadline.

News can include anything that happens during the reporting period. It can be related to school, local, regional or national news. News can include just about anything - as long as it meets the traditional requirements for "News".

Once you've acquired all the audio and video reports you need, you will edit them into separate 
"packages" that can be used as stand-alone news pieces. 
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STORY IDEAS
​Close to 100 starter ideas for you ​

Voice Recorder App Suggestions

  • REV Voice Recorder - iphone
  • Voice Memo - native app on iphone


  • Voice Recorder by J Lab - Android
  • Easy Voice Recorder - Android
Calendar for the Unit
Day 1 - 
 Brainstorm Story Ideas- Research background info and identify possible interview subjects. - Develop a set of questions.

Day 2-
- Import Audio reports and edit an audio news report. Format is supplied. 

Day 3 -
- Import Video reports and edit a video report - Format is supplied. 

Day 4 -
- Fine tune all edits and load and link them

Day 5 -
-Peer review.

Otter.ai is a transcription app that provides a written script of an audio recording.