Lesson Plans, Teaching Aids & Conference Speaker Materials (Members only)
NEWSPA has added lesson plans, Powerpoints and materials from conference speakers to help you teach about a variety of journalism topics. This is a members-only benefit, so you'll need to type in your username and password that was e-mailed to you when you paid your membership dues for the 2010-11 school year. Contact Executive Secretary Barbara Benish at benish@uwosh.edu if you have questions or technical problems. Click here to go to the Lesson Plan page.

Podcasts
If you missed a speaker during the 2008 or 2009 NEWSPA conference, you can still hear what they had to say. All you need is iTunes and a few clicks. [iTunesU @ UW Oshkosh] Podcasts from 2010 and up are in the members-only section.

For users with iTunes already installed, here are the direct iTunes links:

2009 Conference
Lindsey Thomas, From NEWSPA to MTV News and Beyond [Video Podcast | Audio Podcast]

Ben Poston, What Does it Take to Become a Pulitzer Prize Investigative Reporter? [Video Podcast | Audio Podcast]

Mike DeSisti, Mobile Journalism II: Covering News on the Go [Video Podcast | Audio Podcast]

Rebecca Sullivan, Yearbook Layout and Design Elements [Video Podcast | Audio Podcast]

2008 Conference
Jim VandeHei, Politico [Video Podcast | Audio Podcast]

Sara Hansen, Media Convergence [Video Podcast | Audio Podcast]

Links:
UW Oshkosh Department of Journalism
Jounalist's Resource: Knowledge Based Reporting
Student Press Law Center
High School Journalism
Wisconsin Newspaper Association
Investigative Reporters and Editors
American Press Institute
Maynard Institute
Newspaper Design: Design with Reason
Interscholastic Online News Network