Project: Air and Water Pollution Issues in Everett

Contact Name: Dave Hastings (dhastings@everett.wednet.edu)

School: Everett High School

Date Completed: Winter 2003

Details: : A total of nine students worked to present a mock newscast on the air and water pollution issues surrounding a paper mill in Everett. Two played the role of lead newscasters, two others posed as guests on the show and the other five were included in videos of "on-the-spot reports". Humor kept viewer interest and both sides of the issue were presented in the report. The videos couldn't be heard by the viewers, but once the group was made aware of this, they switched to having a "guest" summarize what was on the video, and this was accomplished very smoothly.