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Friday: Journalistic Ethics

9/30/2016

Starter:

Take the Osprey Week Survey.
Read the news!

Turn in your five starters, plus your reflection from yesterday.

Classwork:

Homework:

If you're sixteen, bring your drivers' lisence and social security number on Monday so you can pre-register to vote!

Thursday: Managing Bias

9/29/2016

Starter:

Keep reading the news! Remember:
- You do need to write down the source (who published it).
- You don't need to write down the prompts.
- I'm most interested in your reactions, and evidence that you engaged with the article.
- You can read any type of news that feels relevant to you.

Classwork:

Play: Four Corners
Read: Understanding Bias
- Dicuss: Where have you seen the media manage, or not manage, their own biases?
Watch: How Journalists Minimize Bias
Reflect:
- What identities and experiences shape the way you understand the world? How do they shape those understandings?
- What topics and ideas are you instinctively drawn to?
- What topics and ideas do you instinctively want to avoid?
- What blind spots could you have?
Play: The Watson Rule Discovery Test
- Watch: Confirmation Bias Explained
Brainstorm: A Code of Journalistic Ethics

Homework:

None!

Wedensday: Sourcing, Ethics and the Fox News Case Study

9/28/2016

Starter:

Keep reading the news! Remember:
- You do need to write down the source (who published it).
- You don't need to write down the prompts.
- I'm most interested in your reactions, and evidence that you engaged with the article.
- You can read any type of news that feels relevant to you.

Classwork:

Presentations and News Source Notes
Read: "How Roger Ailes Created Modern Conservativism"
Watch: "Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism"

Homework:

None!

Tuesday: Debriefing the Debate

9/27/2016

Starter:

Keep reading the news! Remember:
- You do need to write down the source (who published it).
- You don't need to write down the prompts.
- I'm most interested in your reactions, and evidence that you engaged with the article.
- You can read any type of news that feels relevant to you.

Classwork:

Homework:

Finish your source research, if needed.

Monday: Gatekeeping

9/26/2016

Starter:

Keep reading the news! Remember:
- You do need to write down the source (who published it).
- You don't need to write down the prompts.
- I'm most interested in your reactions, and evidence that you engaged with the article.
- You can read any type of news that feels relevant to you.

Classwork:

Finish and discuss All The President's Men.
Define and discuss media "gatekeeping."
Explore media consolidation.

Homework:

None!
Challenge Extension: Presidential Debate Bingo!