Lifeblood of democracy? Learning about broadcast news

Lifeblood of democracy? Learning about broadcast news: Ofcom published today an independent qualitative research report by the British Film Institute on learning about broadcast news, which looks at the learning outcomes of three of the 120 schools taking part in the pilot BBC News School Report project. School Report is a project which aims to enable Year 8 (12 and 13 year old) students in UK schools to learn about news production by giving them the opportunity to produce and broadcast their own reports. The report forms part of Ofcom's wider work on Media Literacy which is a key priority for 2008-09.