Common Sense Media Review
By Erin Brereton
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Poynter
What's It About?
POYNTER.ORG is a website run by The Poynter Institute, which was founded in 1975 to elevate journalism. This media-centric website provides news, best practice tips for journalists, and other information. Users get access to e-learning courses (for a fee), media industry job listings, and updates on the newspaper industry, ethics, reporting, and other journalistic topics.
Is It Any Good?
This site can be an invaluable resource to help young reporters hone their craft, but other readers may need some patience in exploring its articles. Offering insight into recent coverage, career highlights, best practice tips, and other information, the site serves as a guide to help strengthen writers' journalistic skills. Kids may not get quite the same benefits from its content, although budding journalists are likely to find plenty items that are of interest. But younger users will get an interesting look at current events that are happening in the world around them, and how they're being investigated and shared by mass media outlets. The site material may be meant for adults, likely ones who work within the news industry, but it can certainly spark some interesting conversations among younger users, and it may inspire them to consider the importance of being precise and honest in their day-to-day life.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about how the news is covered and what it means to be impartial. Do you know the difference between facts and opinion?
Readers can have a strong reaction to news coverage. What kind of civic action or reform might news stories initiate?
An old journalistic saying points out there are two sides to every story. Read an article with your child to illustrate how reporters try to represent both views.
Website Details
- Subjects : Language & Reading : reading , storytelling , Social Studies : cultural understanding , events , global awareness
- Skills : Thinking & Reasoning : analyzing evidence , asking questions , thinking critically , Communication : conveying messages effectively , Tech Skills : evaluating media messages
- Genre : Educational
- Pricing structure : Free
- Last updated : August 1, 2019
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