Pulitzer Center Teacher Fellow Unit for Back-to-School: Investigating Issues in Local Communities
Posted by Pulitzer Center on August 5, 2025
In this unit, students are encouraged to explore issues occurring in their own communities and use their learning about the journalism process to write articles about a topic they view as underreported. To broaden the reach of this reporting, students will also develop social media campaigns to share the issue and propose solutions.
This unit focuses on underreported stories, investigative journalism, and writing for a specific target audience. The pedagogical vision is that students and the instructor jointly shape the learning of students through close readings, connecting the readings to writing skills, and composing articles for students’ local newspapers. Students will learn what underreported stories are, why they matter, and how to write a story that matters in their local community. The scope and sequence will mirror the vision in that students will engage in pre-reading, reading, and post reading activities along with the writing process.
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