Student Resources

Welcome to online modules for Advancing the Story, Fourth Edition, by Debora H. Wenger and Deborah Potter. 

  • Skill-building tutorials, under Exercises, reinforce important concepts and create opportunities for students to practice their journalism skills. Tutorials include honing data-driven storytelling skills, writing focus statements, developing a blog or portfolio, and creating a newscast lineup.
  • Carefully selected multimedia resources, under Explore, feature relevant interviews, tips for success from those in the field, important research findings, and other content for use in independent or classroom-based explorations of key topics.
  • Examples of high-quality work produced by other journalists, under Discover, allow students to learn from the best and review sample online projects, slide shows, TV news stories, and print articles.