Project 1: Creating Newsletters

Project Challenge

Project Challenge

It has become apparent that your school or community is in need of a way to inform its audience about local events and issues. You have joined a team of reporters, editors and writers that will design and write a newsletter that highlights events and issues important to your school or community.

Project Challenge Tasks

• Create a three or four-page newsletter in teams of four

• Develop a newsletter layout and design • Conduct research, summarize, interview and

survey• Write at least four news articles and two features

articles• Use a journalistic style• Incorporate clip art, photos, and other graphics• Use technology to produce, revise, and publish

the newsletter

Project Challenge Activities

Each team member will:

– assume the role and responsibility of a news reporter/writer

– write one news article

– co-write one additional features article

Project Challenge

• News Report

• News Interview

• Investigative Report

• Speech or Event Article

Include at least four news articles:

Project Challenge

• Advice Column• Editorial• Letter to the Editor• Advertisements• Comic Strip• Community Events• Arts/Entertainment• Movie Review• Calendar

• Announcements• Survey• Graphs• Travel Information• Weather Forecast• Personal Profiles• How-to Tips for a

Product or Service

Include at least two additional features articles:

Team Roles• Managing Editor:

Oversees the production of the newsletter• News Editor:

Responsible for final editing of news articles• Features Editor:

Responsible for final editing of features articles

• Layout Design Editor: Responsible for overall layout and design of the newsletter

Evaluation

• Each team's newsletter and teamwork will be evaluated according to a rubric (evaluation scale).

• The rubric will be provided at the start of the project.