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| You will work with several other journalists aspart of a newscast team. Together, you will create and present a newsbroadcast about the war. Your broadcast will be carried “live” in ourclassroom. (We will have two newscast teams, thus two competing newsstations). Roles: Read the descriptions of the newscast team jobsbelow. As you read the descriptions, give serious thought aboutyour talents and interests and choose the job most suited to you.Choose at least two jobs and write a letter of application to yourteacher for each job explaining why you want the job and why yourteacher should hire you for the job. Once all applications are in, yourteacher will assign jobs and news teams. Good Luck! News Writer: Accuracy is your motto! You aredetermined to provide viewers the best information about the locationof battles, the actions of the armies during the battles, the resultsof the battles, and the historical importance of the battles for Mexicoand the Texans. Anchors of the newscast know that they can trust yournews stories as accurate, fair, and balanced – telling both sides ofthe story. War Correspondent: You risk your life to get the full storyof the battles of the war! Nothing pleases you more than to bring astory to the newscast “live” from some battlefield, army camp, orgovernment headquarters. Your ability to ask the right questions andyour trustworthiness have given you great access to the leaders of theRevolution—Mexican and Texians! Both know that you are “fair andbalanced” because you tell both sides of the story! Your liveinterviews have won many awards. Feature Correspondent: You know that battles are animportant part of the Texas Revolution, but you dig deep to get the“human face of war” – the human story. You travel to battlefields,small towns, and the middle of nowhere to share the tales of the peopletouched by the war. Your greatest desire is to earn a news broadcastaward for your stories about the ordinary soldier and civilian – theMexican and the Texan – the men and women of Texas during theRevolution! You share your stories “live” when possible, but also asstories told by the anchors. Editorialist: From the time you were a small child,people always said you had an opinion about everything and that youcould persuade a squirrel out of a tree with your arguments. You havedeeply held beliefs about this Revolution and you intend to share yourbeliefs with the world. You are not afraid to ask the unpopularquestions – questions like “Is this war a fair and just war or a plotby the United States to take over Texas?” and “Are the Texans heroes orare they more like spoiled children?” and “What could have been done toavoid war?” So many questions…so many opinions! Graphic Design Artist: As an artist, you know that nostory is complete without a picture! You understand the power of visualimages. You enjoy selecting and creating visuals to “burn an image intothe minds” of your audience. You have already won awards for yourtalent in telling a story through visuals. You know which picture tochoose to depict heroism, sacrifice, glory, defeat, fear, sorrow and …. Editor: As an editor, you have a gift for turning wordsand sentences into a memorable story! You can take a news story,interview, or editorial written by your correspondents and improve it.You know that attention to spelling and grammar is important, but youalso have a real flare with words. You believe greatness is a teameffort between you and the newscast correspondents. They give you theaccurate story, you make it memorable! Anchors: You bring the story to the people during thenewscast with great enthusiasm and confidence. People have always saidyou were a great story-teller and you love being in the “spotlight” ofthe camera and your audience of viewers. You are able to memorize mostof the story so that your audience feels like you are talking just tothem! When needed, you can peek at your notes and miss hardly a beat. **Note: Once teams are in place, you will work together to design newscast. |
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