Please see the complete schedule of all of these series plus complete lesson plans for each topic
on the Virtual School website: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool/
1) TUESDAY, March 17, 2009 – "CAREERS in TELEVISION JOURNALISM"
in the Career Conversations series
REGISTER: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool/registration.htm
Join the Virtual School for this interactive videoconference session as we explore careers in television journalism. How is conflict used in news stories? Do sensationalism and violence make news? Why is "bad" news shown so often?
Who decides what stories, people, events should be on the news? Who owns the stations and networks? Can TV news show us the "real" world? Can TV news be objective?
Time: 9:00 and 10:00 AM (CENTRAL time zone)
Targeted Audience: students in grades 7-12
Format: 45-minutes formatted into 30-minute presentation, and then 15-20 minute Q & A
Cost: $75 per site
on the Virtual School website: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool/
1) TUESDAY, March 17, 2009 – "CAREERS in TELEVISION JOURNALISM"
in the Career Conversations series
REGISTER: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool/registration.htm
Join the Virtual School for this interactive videoconference session as we explore careers in television journalism. How is conflict used in news stories? Do sensationalism and violence make news? Why is "bad" news shown so often?
Who decides what stories, people, events should be on the news? Who owns the stations and networks? Can TV news show us the "real" world? Can TV news be objective?
Time: 9:00 and 10:00 AM (CENTRAL time zone)
Targeted Audience: students in grades 7-12
Format: 45-minutes formatted into 30-minute presentation, and then 15-20 minute Q & A
Cost: $75 per site
