Putting a Story Together – Features Reporter
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Grades: 6 - 12
Video Description: Valerie Schremp Hahn, features reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, describes her job and what goes into being a features reporter.
Type of Video: Segment*
Unique Video ID: Journalism-14**
Quick Ideas for Using the Video:
- Use the video with students in a career exploration unit. Before viewing the video, ask them what they think a typical day would be like for a features reporter at a newspaper. After viewing the video, have them discuss their ideas with what they learned in the video.
- As part of a media literacy unit, have students read feature stories from their local newspaper and discuss the subject matter as well as any media literacy implications they notice. Then view the video and have students discuss if insights provided by the video give them an additional “media literacy” perspective to use when reading feature articles in their local newspaper.
*Segment videos are short excerpts edited from interviews or interactive programs that offer flexible and differentiated ways to use the rich content included in the full-length conversation.
**The unique Video ID can be used to quickly locate a single video in the ET collection. This search function is designed to let teachers assign students to watch a specific video and have only that video appear as a search result. Just click on Search and choose “By Video ID.” Then type in the Video ID as it appears above. Be sure to include the dash.
