This extra activity is a role-play designed to talk about the risks associated with meeting sources
Instructions for trainer
- One role card per person
- Worksheet
- Part one
Put the participants into groups of three. Tell the students that they are going to be given a role card and that they should read it and highlight relevant parts of the text. Give out the same role card to each person in the group, for example, a group of three editors. Participants read and make notes. The group works together to answer the questions on the role card. Tell them that they should each take notes as they will be put in different groups to discuss their answers. The journalists can use the extra worksheet to help them with the task.
- Part two
Move the participants so they are in a new group of three, each one containing an editor, a journalist and a source. Participants should tell the other members of the team what their role is and what they have been asked to do. One or two members of the groups give feedback to the group on their answers.
- Part three
Wrap up the exercise by having an editor, a journalist, and a source give feedback to the class on their answers. Write up their answers on the whiteboard. Ask the class one thing they have learned from the activity.