A project launch slide deck that clarifies the goals, structure, and blueprint of the final investigative podcast project. It breaks the project into concrete phases and introduces the mandatory 'Research Dossier' to prevent vague work.
A detailed assessment rubric for a sports podcast project. It evaluates students based on their hero/villain definitions, research depth, intentional word choice (spin), and overall audio production quality.
A model script comparing two different rhetorical approaches to the same athlete (LeBron James). It demonstrates how specific word choices and 'spin' can construct either a hero or villain narrative using identical factual research.