Some of Mrs. Skaalen’s favorite news sources assignment
For those of you who prefer not to get your hands covered in newsprint (or want to save money or trees), check out The New York Times and Wall Street Journal websites. As an educated member of society, you owe it to yourself and your peers to read the newspaper everyday. (My dad used to give us daily Wall Street Journal quizzes at the dinner table back in the day when I was a student at GHS.)
I used to work as newswriter and producer for NBC News, and my go to site for World News stories was always BBC news. The Brits do a fine job of realizing they are not the center of the universe, and devote much of their news coverage to goings on off of the island. Another cool Brittish newspaper to check out is The Independent.
Since this is a Modern World Literature course, it is important to understand what the rest of the world thinks about America. Check out Watching America website. Mr. Olmstead found this super cool site which translates news articles from around the world into English. This website is a great one to help broaden your world view.
Your assignment: Check out the sites and pick a favorite article to respond to in at least one paragraph. Next, respond to one of your classmates’ posts about the same or a different article in a second paragraph.
