THE NEWSPAPER WITH BACKPACK
Paper newspapers are decreasing their circulation every day. Online newspapers are now the most popular way to get information and find out what is happening in the world, but also in our city. Starting from the local newspaper, ManfredoniaNews.it, the aim is to give school pupils a deeper knowledge of how a small local newspaper is born and created, to then come to the knowledge and reading of national newspapers, almost unknown objects of information for small "digital natives", and the creation of a class magazine. The project was conceived by the Cultural Future Projects Association in collaboration with the editorial staff of Manfredonianews.it. Progetti Futuri thanks Maria Antonietta Di Sabato (Deputy Director of ManfredoniaNews), Lorenzo Vitulano (Director of the De Sanctis School), Franca Rosati (Teacher) and the students of 5th B of the elementary school "De Sanctis" of Manfredonia AS 2015/2016 for making this interesting project possible.
GOALS OF THE PROJECT
The project The newspaper with a backpack was born from an idea of the president of the “Progetti Futuri” Association, Nunzio Favia. The aim of the project, carried out with the collaboration of the editorial staff of ManfredoniaNews.it, was to give the pupils of class 5 B of the comprehensive Institute "Giordani-De Sanctis" a deeper knowledge of how a newspaper is born and created starting from local newspaper.
The class magazine
The project
Recognize the names of sections on the first page of a newspaper.
Know how a newspaper is born and how an editorial office works.
Recognize the various journalistic genres: article, account, investigation, reportage and photographic reportage, cartoons, interviews, inquiries.
Recognize the various sectors of news: culture, black, pink and white news, domestic and foreign politics, economics, sport.
Increase sensitivity to the cultural and social phenomena that surround them.
Working in a group to write an article.
Create a classy magazine with attractive content that reflects the age of children with news from our city.
To harmoniously develop the personalities of the students in all directions to allow them to act in a mature and responsible way.
Phases of the project
Introductory meeting. How a newspaper is born.
How to read a newspaper. Reflection on the layout of the first page and comparison of the same news taken by different newspapers. Approve and sign the Young Journalists Regulation.
How to write an article. Practical tools to write a text with your own words, your own sentences and make it an original and personal text.
Create an editorial office. Form the groups and distribute the various sectors. Deciding the audience the newspaper is intended for, the cut to give to the articles, the essential message. Creation of a logo and the header.
Shared reading and analysis of the articles produced. Choice of articles to be published in the newspaper. Learn to count beats.
Look for photos to attach to articles and write explanatory captions.
Composition of the newspaper and proofreading.
Publication and presentation of the magazine to school pupils and teachers and parents
