Kenwood High School journalism students take part in News Literacy Week

Lessons learned for News Literacy Week

"NEWS LITERACY WEEK"━ IT IS ACOLLABORATION BETWEEN THE NO━PARTISAN NEWS LITERACYPROJECT, AND THE PARENTCOMPANY OF THIS TELEVISIONSTATION, THE ━W SCRIPPSCOMPANY.

SO━ FOR THE PAST FEWMONTHS, SCRIPPS TELEVISIONSTATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRYHAVE BEEN EDUCATING YOUNGPEOPLE, ABOUT HOW TO“GETSMART ABOUT NEW” I FIGUREDTHE BEST WAY TO LET HIGHSCHOOL STUDENTS KNOW MOREABOUT WHAT WE DO, WAS TO SHOWTHEM HOW TO DO IT THEMSELVES..BUT THEY'D ALREADY MADE A LOTOF PROGRESS━ BEFORE WE EVENGOT THERE:THE BLUEBIRDS AT KENWOOD HIGHSCHOOL IN ESSEX━ HAVE BEBUSY..

TO GET THEM TOLD...ENGLISH TEACHER ANGELA GLENNSTARTED THE O━ LINENEWSPAPER,“EYE OF THEBLUEBIR” AS AN AFTE━SCHOOLCLUB.

THEY PRODUCED ABOUT 40STORIES IN THE 2018, 2019SCHOOL YEAR..

NOW━ ITREAL JOURNALISM CLASS, DURINSCHOOL HOURS.

SO WHEN WMAR 2AND THE NEWS LITERACY PROJECTWERE LOOKING FOR SOME STUDENTSINTERESTED IN JOURNALISM, WEFOUND THEM━ AT KENWOOD HIGSCHOOL.

AND THE━ WE DECIDEDTO PRODUCE A NEWS STORTOGETHER..

WE EVEN SHOWED THESTUDENTS HOW EASY IT ISCREATE A FAKE STORY... ITONE GROUP OF HIGH SCHOOLSTUDENTS, LEARNING THE BASIC━FOR NEWS LITERACY WEEK......BUT ANGELA GLENN SAYS SHEHOPES THE PROGRAM MIGHT SHOWTHEM HOW TO BECOME WHAT SHECALLS“DIGITAL LEADER”━HELPING OTHER STUDENTIDENTIFY INNACURATE STORIES..IN THE MEANTIME THEY'LL KEEPBREAKING REAL ONES, ON THE EYEOF THE BLUEBIRD..THERE'S A SECTION ON OWEBSITE FOR OUR STORIES ANDMORE ON THE NEWS LITERACYPROJECT.

IT'S GOT A LOT OFENGAGING CONTENT..

QUIZZES YOUCAN TAKE TO SEE JUST HOW NEWSLITERATE YOU ARE..

AND ALSOEXAMPLES OF "REAL"━ FAKENEWS..

RECENT STORIES THATHAVE BEEN SHARED WIDELY, BUTTHEY TURN OUT NOT TO HAVE BEENTRUE AT ALL..

I ASSUMED THESTUDENTS MIGHT WANT TO DOSOMETHING SOFT, LIKE A PROFILEOF A SCHOOL EMPLOYEE..INSTEA━ THEY DECIDED THEYWANTED TO DO A STORY ON THENEW WAY THE BALTIMORE COUNTYPUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM ISTRAINING EDUCATORS ANDSTUDENTS TO RESPON━ IN THEEVENT OF A SCHOOL SHOOTING....SEE THAT STORY TOMORROW OGOOD MORNING MARYL