Useful Links

These sites have general English Teaching materials but include tasks related to bias, newspapers, writing reports etc. The last site on the list has links to an e-book on journalism. It also has exercises on sub-editing etc, as well as questions and answers on many aspects of journalism. The websites of BBC and ITN also have interesting links to information on news production.

National Union of Journalists
Website of the National Union of Journalists

Press Complaints Commission
Website of the Press Complaints Commission

News Writer's Handbook (PDF 907 KB)
Textbook written by an American teacher. This contains relevant material for all units in the specification

High School Journalism
This site provides a collection of journalism related lesson plans. It includes ideas for teaching the following topics: caption writing, writing headlines, comparing news sources, decision making in the newsroom, editing, interviewing, online journalism and others…

My School Online
40 sports features ideas. These ideas may be used by candidates when completing the assignment for Unit 2: Working on the tabloids.

Better Photo.com
Tips and information on film and digital photography.

Journalism.co.uk
Glossary of journalism terms

Belfast Telegraph
Website of the Belfast Telegraph newspaper

BBC
Website of the British Broadcasting Corporation

Independent Television News (ITN)
Website of ITN

SKY
Website of Sky

Teach It
English Teaching Online

English Teaching
Secondary English Teaching Resources

Write Site
An interactive language arts and journalism project for middle schools

Journalism Careers
Information on careers in journalism

C2K School Box (Writer’s Workshop)
This resource (already on most schools’ C2K network) allows candidates to experiment with writing for television, radio and magazines in a variety of different styles, from investigative journalism to fictional script writing.

Useful Publishers
Focal Press
Routledge