Making News and Working with Journalists

Prepare by reading, watching, and listening to your local news media. (See the required readings above.)

Reflect on a widely covered local news item that caught your attention this week.

For the Discussion Forum, please:

• Summarize the basic story/facts in one paragraph.
• Discuss how it was covered across all the media outlets you read/watched, noting similarities and differences.
• Answer these questions:
  • Were the differences due to the type of medium?
  • Were the differences due to the particular reporter or media outlet covering the issue?
  • Did you have personal reaction to any of the stories?
  • What did you learn from reading, watching, or listening to this story?