JEA One Story
Lesson plans, sessions and a cooking video challenge
When travel became basically a quarantine escapist fantasy last spring, The New York Times Travel section found a new way to travel, looking closely at the resources for entertainment, diversity and adventure readers could find close to home.
Transforming into the At Home section, this reporting shows student journalists how to look close to home for world-expanding stories.
Led by Travel editor Amy Virshup, the At Home team works with journalists, designers and experts in the field to create content with a new direction. Instead of focusing on the crisis of a lost passport or how to spend 24 hours in Edinburgh, Scotland, At Home now looks at how to repair things around the house, from a loose drawer to a tense relationship, how to genuinely get the most out of the Interwebs and what to cook five nights a week.
When many of us are sticking close to home, At Home creates stories about making our immediate surroundings the best they can be.
Through the JEA One Story project, we encourage journalism staffs to use these links and lessons to analyze this new brand of micro-journalism and brainstorm ways to incorporate these storytelling modes into their community journalism.
Recreate a Cooking Demo: Cooking demos and cooking shows have enduring popularity. Use this lesson to engage students in creating engaging cooking shorts, whether in print, photography or video. LINK
Covering Your Bases with Quotations: When covering controversial or complex topics, students need quotations from a variety of sources but they also need a variety of quotations. The Courageous Conversations Compass provides a framework for students to understand the types of questions they may need to ask and the types of responses they are looking for. LINK
Localize, Localize, Localize (and Design): Student-teacher communication, teacher-parent communication, teacher-admin communication, and teacher-teacher communication all play the ultimate role in creating school community. And resolving conflicts productively is a huge challenge in teenage life. Use the article “Turning a Teacher Into an Ally” as an exercise in discovering story angles. LINK
Instructions are Everything: This lesson is designed for several purposes and can be used in multiple ways. Dazzling Discoveries offers DIY paper crafts such as catapults and paper cities. Students can create these paper engineering projects at home with the bare minimum of supplies. LINK
Cover Design: Coming soon
Julia Gartland, for The New York Times
How to how-to
From cooking videos and crafting to instructional videos for classroom use, join this session for a “how to” on creating how-to videos, featuring students’ work from CCNN Live, at Christopher Columbus High School, Miami.
Behind the scenes of NYT At Home
10 a.m. CT Thursday, Nov. 19
Join members of The New York Times At Home team for a behind-the-scenes look at the section.
Broadcasting at home
What you can learn from the pros
9 a.m. CT Friday, Nov. 20
When COVID struck and everyone got stuck at home, that meant adapting and learning new ways to make sure productions stayed on-air. Learn the good, bad and ugly of broadcasting at home from professionals working in TV, radio, news, entertainment and sports.
Moderating the session will be Nena Garga, former local TV producer and Orlando local committee volunteer.
The panelists —
Christina Orazio, senior production manager, Discovery Inc.
Andrew Chrenoff, sports reporter, WLKY, Louisville, Kentucky
David DeGuzman, reporter/weekend anchor, WFXR, Roanoke, Virginia
Ryan Koletty, senior production manager, Harris Blitzer Sports and Entertainment, Philadelphia
Krista LePard, associate producer for the Golf Channel’s “Morning Drive”
Clay LePard, reporter, WKMG, Orlando, Florida
Katie Sommers, on-air talent, iHeart Media Tampa Bay
