Maybe not.
How do news sites make money?
They sell ads.
Who buys ads?
Companies.
Who owns companies?
Corporations.
Corporations are worried about the BOTTOM LINE - the profit they make.
ANYTHING that damages that potential is a problem.
News is owned and that means that news is BIASED at least some of the time.
TWO STORIES PER PERSON
a story based upon your MOST RESEARCHED news story - SYRIA BOMBING eg - summarize the coverage you’ve read
a real story about something you can research on your own - can be local, can be school or town based, can be you-based “Local Area Girl Wins Baseball Tourney”
Each person in your group will choose SUBJECT of news.
Regional (SW Ontario and area)
National (Canada)
International (world)
Municipal (Goderich and area)
Sports (balls and sticks and stuff)
Entertainment (media related)
Lifestyle (human interest and non-crucial stories)
Food (stuff you eat news)
Travel (going somewhere news)
5Ws - who, what, where, when, why (how)
The Inverted Pyramid online - start with the overview who, what, where, when in the first paragraph or two
Then, go into details with:
witness reports (quotation)
expert commentary (quotation) (police, doctors, generals, policy experts, etc)
specific data
background - how did X get this way?
possible consequences (ramifications)(speculating)
Sum up at the end and give a little capper - spin out to a final comment that might suggest some new information or effect from the story
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