4.1.1. Type Objectives
Duration Group size Materials Description
Be a Reporter! Presentation, debate, group activity - Gain real-life experience on how news are created; - Enhance research skills; - Team building and team work.
1h30min 15-20 participants Pens & paper The participants are split in 3 groups. Each group is assigned a debate topic and told to go outside of the training room to interview people of different ages or different social backgrounds about the given topic. The goal is to create an article and to present it in a journalistic manner. For example the interviews may refer to topics like stereotypes in media about different social categories, countries, ethnic groups etc. Debriefing & What did you think about the activity? Reflection How did it make you feel speaking with people you do not know? What did we learn from this? Would you have done anything differently? Learning Communication in a mother tongue: Writing an article in an engaging way outcomes to attract specific audiences. Social and civic competences: Gather real life experience on how information is created and presented; Exercise on how to write an article and understand the effort it entails to do it right. Sense of initiative and entrepreneurship: Take decision on what you want to analyse and how as well as the reasons why it is important. Additional For this method it would be ideal for the participants to have the comments opportunity to experience different environments. Resources quicksprout.com - tips on writing a compelling article
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