Recitation Week 4 MEET YOUR DEADLINES Whats happening

Superbowl Media Coverage Assignment • What was in the coverage? • What publication did

Elements Chapter 6 • Three types of investigative reporting o Original o Interpretive o

Freedom of the Press Reading • What does it say are the requirements of

Media Coverage Comparison Assignment • Assignment: Using the media outlets you were assigned, write

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Recitation Week 4

MEET YOUR DEADLINES.

What’s happening in the news?

Superbowl Media Coverage Assignment • What was in the coverage? • What publication did you think had the best coverage of the superbowl? • Which had the most coverage? • Multimedia? • What publication did the worst job covering the superbowl? • strong bias? • Elements of journalism? • Anything else you noticed?

Elements Chapter 3 • Who DO journalists work for? • Journalism’s first loyalty is to citizens. o Why? o Should this be in every journalist’s code of ethics? • What is “the wall”? o o Why was the idea of the wall thought of in the first place? Is it good or bad? why? What are alternatives to the wall? What are the five relationships between business and news?

Elements Chapter 6 • Three types of investigative reporting o Original o Interpretive o Reporting on investigations • What are the characteristics of investigative reporting? • How is investigative reporting different from regular reporting? • What do you think of investigative journalism today? Is there a lot of it? Could it be improved upon? How does it compare to say, Woodward and Bernstein? • Journalists must serve as an independent monitor of power. o Watchdog • Do we still serve this role today? o lapdog • how could journalists be better at this role?

Freedom of the Press Reading • What does it say are the requirements of media? • Fact and opinion – what does it say about this? • Why should journalists/publications provide a forum for the exchange of comment and criticism? • The presentation and clarification of the goal and values of the society. Explain.

Media Coverage Comparison Assignment • Assignment: Using the media outlets you were assigned, write 300 -350 words of analysis on gun coverage. How does each source represent gun control? What is the tone of the coverage? Positive? Negative? Neutral? Do you detect any bias in the reports? What are they reporting on? Multimedia? Etc. • Due: Friday, Feb. 15 before recitation. Be prepared to discuss • For reference, these are the categories: • Select one of the categories below. Select one media outlet from each numbered listing. Then compare three different media outlets online. • Your response should be submitted as a Word document via email. • • • • • National Print 1. (choose one) New York Times or Washington Post 2. (choose one)drudgereport. com or http: //corner. nationalreview. com/ 3. (choose one) http: //tpmmuckraker. talkingpointsmemo. com/ or http: //www. huffingtonpost. com/ Colorado Print 1. (choose one) www. denverpost. com or www. gazette. com (Colorado Springs) 2. http: //thecoloradoobserver. com/ 3. http: //www. coloradoindependent. com/ National Broadcast 1. (choose one) CBS, NBC or ABC 2. Free Speech TV (https: //www. freespeech. org/) or Current. com 3. PJTV (http: //www. pjtv. com/) or The. Blaze. TV (http: //www. video. theblaze. com/index. jsp) Cable Broadcast 1. CNN 2. Fox (http: //www. foxnews. com/) 3. MSNBC (http: //www. msnbc. msn. com/id/3096434/ Radio 1. (Choose one) NPR, BBC or ABC news streams 2. Democracy now http: //www. democracynow. org/ 3. Rush Limbaugh http: //www. rushlimbaugh. com/