Young journalists have an opportunity to experience the challenges of covering a catastrophe by staging a mock press conference. Half the class acts as reporters while the others act as officials from the mayor's office.

As part of a study of media ethics, young journalists apply a fairness formula to news reports. They look at accuracy, balance, completeness, detachment, and ethics to determine if the reporting is fair.

Orson Welles' 1938 radio broadcast of "War of the Worlds" is the focus of a lesson that looks at the importance of clarity in broadcasting. After listening to the radio broadcast, class members discuss the ethical obligations to...

The case of the 1928 execution of Ruth Snyder takes center stage in a lesson that asks young journalists to consider the ethics involved in publishing an image of an execution. A series of discussion questions ask individuals how they...

Food insecurity, whether as a result of food scarcity or a lack of nutritious food, is a growing and serious problem in the world today. After discussing the concept of food insecurity, learners listen to an NPR radio broadcast on the...

Really only five slides of information, this resource is an outline on planting field crops. From it, aspiring agriculturists are exposed to different seeding methods: drilling, row crop planting, broadcast seeding, and air seeding. This...

Think. Create. Inform. You become the reporter. PBS connects high school students to local PBS Stations and news professionals to produce original, student-generated news video reports. Get involved and learn how to report, problem-solve...

The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, a daily news broadcast on PBS, offers an insightful look into the life and accomplishments of Fred Rogers.