The high school journalism class came to the library to learn how to use the Newsbank database for research.  Students were asked to look at an international news topic and see how it was reported differently depending on the location of the newspaper. 

Students examined the cultural differences in reporting styles and ideas of justice, as well as, looking at the different points of view on the same "factual" story.

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The journalism class took a virtual field trip to Lincoln, Nebraska with the help of Skype!  I set up an question and answer session with the high school journalism class and News Reporter, Kelly Sommariva of Lincoln's ABC news.

Students were able to ask her questions about what being a journalist was really like - the good and the bad and about the realities of a changing news audience and starting out in today's market.

Thank you to Kelly and Lincoln's Channel 8 Eyewitness News for their help...
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Working with the Journalism teacher and myself, 10th grade students were taught to create a Photostory3 video to present their History of Journalism Project. 

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