This flexible and thought-provoking course enables students to study all aspects of television news. It can be used within the context of Media Studies, English, Citizenship and related subjects. The resources can be adjusted to suit the subject as well as the level of the student.

Students will learn to critically analyse television news as well as create their own news stories. They will use digital technologies as well as online tools to select, edit and produce news stories.

The course is made up of four lesson plans and corresponding student worksheets. It has been conceived using a concept map which sees the news (and indeed all media) as involved in a circuit of meaning. The structure has been informed by the key aspects approach that underlies most UK Media Studies courses. The news course can easily be integrated with the study of other media forms.

Breaking the News aims to give students a theoretical and practical understanding of the social, political, creative, technological and ethical choices involved in television news. It is designed to encourage students to consider the role of news services in a democratic society, and develop a lifelong interest in political, social and economic issues both nationally and globally.