Journalism Project
McDonald's Coffee Case Facts
In 1994 an elderly woman burnt herself when she spilled hot coffee. She sued an won $2.86 million and the media had a field day making funny of the case. Here are facts without jokes. Video 12 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCkL9UlmCOE How you Choose your News Have you every that about where your news comes from and how it is presented. Video 5 minutes: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-choose-your-news-damon-brown Why the News isn't Really the News Who do you trust and should you? Video 3 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoZNJsp3Kik&list=PLvzOwE5lWqhSrnPm-9awXCCbzybGg0GHM&index=3 How do you tell Fact from Fiction Online Has the internet change the news. Video 14 mhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNV4yIyXXX0&index=4&list=PLvzOwE5lWqhSrnPm-9awXCCbzybGg0GHMinutes: Documents you'll need for the project 1. Opening Survey Questions 2. Story Analysis Document 3. Closing Survey Questions 4. Worksheet 1.1: What is Newsworthy? 5. 2.3 Facts vs Opinions: Worksheet E 6. Lesson 2.3 Facts vs Opinions: Worksheet F 7. Worksheet 1.3: Journalism Ethic 8. Elements of Journalism.pptx 9. Fact vs. Opinion.pptx 10. Fact vs. Opinion Activity Fact Checking Websites http://www.factcheck.org/ http://www.politifact.com/ http://www.snopes.com/ http://politicalpartytime.org/ https://www.opencongress.org/ http://openstates.org/ http://influenceexplorer.com/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/ https://www.truthorfiction.com/ http://www.opensecrets.org/ |