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.
Learn to analyse, document, structure and create news content
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
30
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?
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)
PARTICIPATING CENTRES
Course 2019-2020
34 RED centres
JUNIOR REPORT PROJECTS
Partners
