News report 1
• watch a weekday, one-hour daily news program (M-F), which can also be accessed DemocracyNow! (democracynow.org (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site. ) and turn in a single-spaced, one-page report in class, examining at least two topics or issues from its main program (not the news segment of the first 10 minutes of the show). Please include a discussion of sociological elements, either domestic or international, involved in the issues. Here you can use perspectives, knowledge, critical observations, etc.
• The report should combines, and is augmented by, additional analyses with information from two or more following news sources (Webnews, Political News, and Other News Sites, as shown below).Must cite the date, title of the news, and its summary content.
Webnews Sites:
• Aljazeera English, http://www.aljazeera.com/ watch_now/ (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site.
• Press TV, http://www.presstv.ir/Default/Live/ (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site.
• RT, https://www.rt.com/on-air/ (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site.
• French 24, http://www.france24.com/en/livefeed (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site.
• CCTV, english.cctv.com/live/ • NHK World, https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/live/ (Links
to an external site.)
Links to an external site.
Political News Websites:
• Truth-out, http://www.truth-out.org/ (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site.
• Truthdig, http://www.truthdig.com/ (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site.
• The Intercept, https://theintercept.com/ (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site.
• Free Speech TV, freespeech.org/ (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site.
• Therealnews, http://therealnews.com/t2/#pop1 (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site.
• Vice, https://www.vice.com/en_us (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site.
Other News Sources:
• Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/us (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site.
• The Nation, https://www.thenation.com/ (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site.
• Mother Jones, http://www.motherjones.com/ (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site.
• Vanity Fair, https://www.vanityfair.com/ (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site.
• Propublica, https://www.propublica.org/ (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site.
• Salon, https://www.salon.com/ (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site.
• Znet, https://zcomm.org/znet/ (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site.