Thursday: Managing Bias

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 
  • Dan Gillmor's Example
  • Society of Professional Journalists' Example 
  • Ethical Journalism Network's Example

Homework:

• ​None!