Introduction

News Analysis

ASSIGNMENT:
Choose one world issue of interest to you and search through at least three of the Internet news sources (I have some of them on my News page) for a recent story that appears in all three news sources. Answer the following questions:

1) Which news source has the most effective headline for the story ? Why ?
2) Can you detect any differences in reporting between the 3 stories ? What are they ?
3) Why might these differences occur ?

Send your answers by e-mail to: mayfield@ica.net Please make sure you number and give a title to your answers (ie. Answers to News Analysis) and sign your name.

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