Journalism

Other Utah Supplemental Standards for English Language Arts sets

• Creative Writing and Literary Magazine
• Humanities
• Mythology
• Professional & Technical Communication
• Speech and Debate

Critically analyze content found in print and digital media used to inform, persuade, entertain, and transmit social information. 2.1

Evaluate how visual techniques or design elements carry or influence messages in various media. 2.2

Analyze the impact of social media on trends and public opinion. 2.3

Identify emotional appeals and logic fallacies. Distinguish writing intended as objective from that intended at subjective. 2.4

Identify choices content producers make while constructing media. Evaluate how choices contribute to the impact on the audience.2.5

Compare and contrast coverage of the same news stories in a variety of print and digital media.2.6

Evaluate the credibility of sources in a variety of print and digital media stories.2.7

Compose and evaluate interview questions for written or broadcast journalism.3.1

Gather information from multiple, reliable sources and evaluate this information for relevance, accuracy, and completeness. 3.2

Research using current reporting tools, from advanced Google searches to data journalism. 3.3

Write journalistically sound headlines and captions.3.4

Use direct and indirect quotes in copy with appropriate attribution (e.g., punctuation, identification, verb choice).3.5

Develop a variety of journalistically sound pieces (see appendix) using standard writing conventions ensuring the principles of fairness, balance and accuracy.3.6

Revise original pieces for content and style appropriate to the medium and audience.3.7

Peer- and self-edit using journalism style manuals as references.3.8

Analyze & evaluate photography, videography, and audio in journalism (e.g., emotional connection, how multimedia elements enhance text, reader response, storytelling quality of the photo).4.1

Apply principles of photography such as composition, lighting, and other important photojournalism concepts.4.2

Apply principles of videography, such as wide, medium and close shots, length of shot, etc.4.3

Apply principles of audio production, such as natural sound, stereo, nonlinear editing.4.4

Use professional ethics in producing and selecting photos, videos, and audio for publication.4.5

Collect accurate information to provide context to the photo, video, or audio and connect it logically to the story that it illustrates (e.g. captions, metadata).4.6

Apply available technologies used in publishing to create designs appropriate for media (e.g., desktop publishing, photo editing, Web-based media, word processing).5.1

Analyze and apply principles of layout and design to create a visually appealing school publication that effectively communicates to the audience. 5.2

Apply organizational, economic, and management skills necessary to meet student media production schedules. 6.1

Develop and execute a marketing plan to maximize the awareness and readership of student media.6.2

Develop a business plan to learn principles of innovative funding models (e.g., advertising, sponsored content, nonprofit model). 6.3

Investigate educational opportunities and careers in journalism and mass media.6.4

Demonstrate professional social media ethics in use and production.7.1

Develop meaningful, engaging content for multiple social media platforms adhering to each platform’s guidelines.7.2

Develop strategies for finding reliable sources on social media and contacting them for interviews.7.3