I am lucky enough to be able to participate with NewsTrust.net this week as a guest blogger and NewsTrust reviewer. I'm a student of the University of Nevada, Reno and we have teamed up with NewsTrust and Scientific American magazine on the environment.
As one of our assignments, the whole class signed up for NewsTrust and started reviewing environmental articles to become familiar with the Web site.
We talked about it in class today and the feedback was very positive. We all especially liked that you can find multiple sources on a topic in one area. We also enjoyed how everything on NewsTrust is divided into different categories, making it very easy to navigate and find topics we are particularly interested in.
One point a classmate of mine made was that NewsTrust is an important source because as young journalists we should know what other people consider good journalism. It is really helpful to look at other's reviews and see how people review an article and why they reviewed it that way.
Personally, I am grateful to Fabrice Florin and Kaizar Campwala for working so closely with my class to give us the tools to read great writing and learn more about our field.
The Reynolds School of Journalism online reporting class looks forward to this week with NewsTrust.net and Scientific American to research and write about the environment. Go Green!
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