May
9
MdSt 20: May 9 Editorials / Front Page study activity…
- Students continued reading through the handout given yesterday. I read to them a Letter to the Editor I had written in University that was published in The Shief, the University paper. We discussed the use and function of editorials and such.
- An interesting fact we read in the handout was that Advertisements are placed first when laying out a newspaper for print and the reports and write ups are added later, if there is room. Publication costs for a paper rely on advertisements for 80% of their overhead.
- Students worked in groups of three or four to do a study of a Front Page of a newspaper. Several were given for them to each use a different one. They completed that assignment and started on the Assignment on the last page. This was handed in at the end of class to see who had been productive and who had not.
- I gave a reminder to students, as well, that presentations of the Bias posters will be done either Thursday (tomorrow) or Friday.