THE MEDIA NEWS TEAM
NEWS MEDIA WORKSHOPS AND TOURS
We can come to your school or you can combine your workshop with a plant tour at Fairfax Printers.
 Cindy Christopher 0411 305 139

Media is a complex and often bewildering subject for students and teachers alike and yet it is vital that we all understand how it impacts and influences us from a young age.

The Media News Team can come into your classroom and hothouse your students for 2 hours on aspects of the media to which they are unlikely to have access. We demystify what happens with all the ‘behind-the-scenes’ information. What happens in a Newsroom, how news is gathered and by whom and the structure of written news reports, are just some of the topics we can cover.

Our workshops can include Newspapers, Radio, TV and the Internet, how they compliment each other as well as compete against each other.

The program teaches students how to understand and use Newspapers, TV, Radio and the Internet and develop a critical thought process about what they hear, see and read in news and advertising.

We  provide students with insight into newsrooms, roles of a journalist, writing styles, the world of advertising and marketing, print production, editorial cartooning and a myriad of other media related topics. Group work, role plays and individual participation make it an interactive experience for all.

MNT works with Teachers to select topics which best suit their class and/or units of work being completed.

“Great visuals’, ‘fun and engaging’, ‘good clear explanations’,
‘Well prepared, visually stimulating”.

In School Workshop Cost
$12 per student (2 hrs)
Max 40 / Min 30 per session

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Printing Plant Tours* by Media News Team
“This is a truly fascinating and amazing experience”,
“An exceptional learning opportunity”,
“We had a truly wonderful excursion, many thanks,”
“The best day of my life!” (yr 3 student)

Plant Tours of Fairfax’s print site at Chullora (near Bankstown) are available to schools. A one hour workshop is available to accompany your tour. Fairfax’s plant is a world class print facility and one of few production sites which open its doors for these types of excursions. Tours are professional educational experiences, led by guides with a passion for newspapers, the print industry and have a solid background of industry knowledge. Students will see and experience the production processes necessary to publish Fairfax’s flagship newspaper, The Sydney Morning Herald, as well as The Australian Financial Review and The Sun-Herald.

Tours can be adapted to cover topics such as Manufacturing Products, Products and Services, Machines in Action, Who Will Buy, the History of Print since 1831, Media Studies, HSiE and English, Careers and Commerce and Economics.

Fairfax Plant Tour Cost*
Workshop plus Tours are available for Yrs 2/3 - 8
 $17 per student (2.5 hours)
Tours without workshop are available for Yrs 2/3 – 12 and Tertiary Level
 $12 per student (2 hours)
Teachers free

Maximum 30 students plus 3 teachers
Minimum 15 students
*Conditions apply
Please call 0411 305 139
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Adult Tours

Max 30 per tour, Thursdays and Fridays.
Bookings are essential.
Cost $15 per person.

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