News Engagement for the Civically Engaged

Break out of the news fatigue! Learn strategies for yourself and for your students on how to gain control over how we consume the news and how we are sharing that information. Empower students to use news as a tool for civic engagement and create the news and social change they want to see.

Presenters & Materials

Global Perspective: Importance of News Literacy

Terry Watson, Founder of Strategies for Justice (SFJ), Community & Campus In Unity (CCU), and author of Welcome to the Sick Mind of a Sane Person

• Strategies for Justice
• Welcome to the Sick Mind of a Sane Person
  

In-Practice Perspective: From the Journalism Classroom

Hannah Shumsky, English & Journalism Teacher at State College Area High School.

• Presenting the Data: Free Ways to Empower Students to Tell Local Stories and Engage with the News

• Resources:
  • Northwestern Knight Lab
    
  • Flourish Studio
  • Canva
    
  • Picktochart

In-Classroom Application: Classroom Application & Lesson Plans

Alexandra List, College of Education at Penn State University

• Presentation
• Lesson Plan: Dialects in the News
• Student Handout: Dialects in the News
• Lesson Plan: Citizen Journalism
• Student Handout: Citizen Journalism
• Teacher Reflection

Additional Resources

• WPSU News Literacy Resources