The RED Project

The RED Project is a network of school news sites managed and edited by secondary students with the help of professional journalists.

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Journalism in the Classroom

The students who participate in the RED Project analyse current affairs and learn to identify fake news, working as journalists on their own school news site.

2019-2020 COURSE

1.000

Young writers
working online

41

School news sites
in Catalonia, Madrid and the Basque Country

50

Teachers and journalists
coordinating the sites

WHAT DOES THE RED PROJECT OFFER?

It allows students to apply digital skills, using smartphones and tablets as information tools.

It suggests cultural activities and a plan of work specific to each centre.

It offers a means of expression and opinion for students, encouraging critical analysis of the most immediate environment.

It proposes interactive spaces with other communities of students, working on themes of world current affairs.

It turns the students into the agent of the news, offering students a space where they can inform about the centre’s activities.

WHAT WILL JUNIOR REPORTERS DO?

  • Learn to analyse, document, structure and create news content

  • Distinguish information form ‘fake news’, using practical examples

  • Practice journalistic genres: news, chronicle, opinion reports…

  • Use social networks as channels of communication, adapting contents as necessary

  • Use mobiles as communication tools, creating multimedia news

  • Attend cultural, sporting and social events with junior journalist’s credentials

  • Participate in the RED prizes, recognising the best news sites

  • The best articles will be published in Junior Report!

Grants for Online School Magazines (RED)

 

BECA ACER-RED 

IES Miguel Catalán de Coslada (Madrid)

Más información

 

BECA CLOUDALIA-RED 

IES El Vern de Lliçà del Vall (Barcelona)

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PARTICIPATING CENTRES

Course 2019-2020

41 RED centres

JUNIOR REPORT PROJECTS

Junior Report

News daily for young people, aged 12-17

WORKSHOPS ON JOURNALISM AND FAKE NEWS

Workshops which introduce journalism to the classroom

Junior Report Aula

Teaching materials on themes of current affairs