Watch out for the story in the Cobden Timboon Coast Times, what a wonderful way to learn!
As part of their literacy unit, our Year 3/4 students are investigating journalism and how reporters gather information to craft a story or news article for their readers. Reporter, Stacey Gladman from the Cobden Timboon Coast Times, graciously allowed herself be interviewed by our students to provide some insight into the role of a reporter, her career path and creating a story. Stacey is an award winning journalist commended for a series of stories on the campaign to build a new secondary building at Timboon P-12 School so that was a great link for our students. She explained to the class that she initially studied law at uni but transferred to study journalism and has been working at the same newspaper as a reporter and photographer for many years. Students learnt where Stacey’s ideas for stories come from, how she conducts interviews and were intrigued when Stacey demonstrated the shorthand she uses to record interviews. Once the information was gathered students heard that the stories are drafted and proofed several times and how articles are complied for the newspaper that is then printed in Camperdown. The class mocked up an incident about a supposed beach rescue by a classmate in Port Campbell and Stacey explained how the story would be composed and collaborated. After drafting an outline for a newspaper article about their evolving sensory garden a few students were fortunate enough to interview Stacey herself! Watch out for the story in the Cobden Timboon Coast Times, what a wonderful way to learn! Comments are closed.
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