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Bea: The Broadcast Education Association

For Students 9th - 10th
Established in 1955, the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) has expanded its scope to include all aspects of telecommunications and electronic media. Their nicely designed home page gives a good overview of covered topics.
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Ncra: Careers in Court Reporting & Broadcast Captioning

For Students 9th - 10th
Are you interested in exploring a career in court reporting or broadcast captioning? This site describes job responsibilities, salary, and employment outlook.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Broadcast News Writing Basics

For Students 9th - 10th
Sentence structure and choice of words must be accessible to the ear. Conversational style, storytelling, accuracy and simplicity are hallmarks of good broadcast news writing. See sample problems and solutions for news writing.
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Newswriting for Radio: Three Styles of Radio Newswriting

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A great Newscript site offering links to different styles of broadcast newswriting.
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CNN

Cnn: Anatomy of a Story

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A fun interactive site for finding out what happens in all departments of a broadcast newsroom.
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Edward R. Murrow Broadcasting History

For Students 9th - 10th
NPR takes a look at a biography written about Edward R. Murrow, a distinguished broadcast journalist. Features an interview with the author, excerpts from the book, and audio clips of some of Murrow's most famous broadcasts including the...
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University of Maryland

University of Maryland: Taking a Leading Role: Women in Broadcasting History

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about significant women in the early days of radio and television. This library exhibition features performers, writers, and executives who pioneered in the broadcasting industry. Included in the exhibit are photographs, news...
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Broadcasting and Cable Online Magazine

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting insider's look at the world of Broadcast media. You'll find everything from job opportunities to the latest news about the networks at this well designed site.
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Newswriting for Radio: News Judgment: Be Enterprising

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a fabulous site for all of those wanting to pursue a career in broadcast journalism. You can find tons of tips on how to be a better journalist and how to find a great story.
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Broadcasting Board of Governors

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Promoting reliable and balanced journalism, the Broadcasting Board of Governors provides a comprehensive history, goal-set and ongoing intentions for international public broadcasting. The BBG seeks to provide unbiased and uncensored...
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Abyz News Links

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides listings of links to online news sources from all over the world. Just type the country you're looking for in the search box or use the front page links. The news sources for each country are labeled either broadcast...
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PBS

Nova: Booming Sands

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS site takes a look into a mysterious phenomena as to why and how certain sand dunes produce mysterious noises. Contains a link to watch a broadcast segment of an expedition into the desert as well as a recipe for noisy sands.
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US Department of State

America.gov: Edward R. Murrow [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Highlights the life and career of broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow. Examines his "This is London" reports during World War 11, the Senator McCarthy anti-Communist campaign in the 1950s, his critical treatment of migrant workers, and...
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Newswriting for Radio: Improving Newsroom Operations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Find out the basics of newsroom operation and the expectations of the various parts of a news broadcast.
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Vanderbilt University: Television News Archive

For Students 9th - 10th
This archive from Vanderbilt University contains an "extensive and complete" collection of television news broadcasts. "The collection holds more than 30,000 individual network evening news broadcasts from the major U.S. national...
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BBC

Bbc News: Arabic Language Version

For Students 9th - 10th
World news headlines in English with Arabic introductions and target vocabulary words, with vocabulary help in Arabic. Students can also listen to an English language broadcast of the story. Very handy site for upper level...
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BBC

Bbc News

For Students 9th - 10th
The BBC, based out of London, England, is an internationally recognized and renowned news service. Website content includes excellent coverage of world news, as well as international business coverage, science and technology coverage,...
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BBC

Bbc News: Uk

For Students 9th - 10th
Get the latest news from the UK from the BBC, an internationally recognized and renowned news service. Website content includes excellent coverage of UK and world news, as well as international business coverage, science and technology...
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Broadcasting and Cable Online

For Students 9th - 10th
Broadcasting and Cable Online covers the latest news in the broadcasting and cable industries from an "insider" perspective.
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University of Oxford (UK)

Museum of the History of Science: Wireless World: Marconi and the Radio

For Students 9th - 10th
Take an historic tour through the world of radio from Marconi's first radio transmission to the beginning of television broadcasting. Read about how Marconi's invention of wireless telegraphy had an impact on those who survived the...
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CNN

Cnn: Newsroom Tour

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
At this fun site from CNN you can take a virtual tour of the CNN newsroom!
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Library of Congress

Loc: Women Come to the Front

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource discusses women as journalists, photographers, and broadcasters during World War II. Contains information about women as journalists in WWII. There is specific information about eight women journalists and examples of their...
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Nabj: National Association of Black Journalists

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
From the largest media organization for people of color, this imaginative site is graphically clever with content to support it. Interesting reading for all journalists, as well as a great teaching tool for anyone interested in effective...
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Federal Communications Commission: About the Fcc

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the FCC provides an in-depth look at the Federal Communications Commission and the job it performs.