Jr. Int. Sen. News on the Web Canadian and global focus

[Pat Elliott <pat.elliott@sympatico.ca>]

>  [[[[          *       News on the Web     *          ]]]]
>
>  Understanding world events has never been an easy task. Now,
>  with so many sources of news available via the Internet, we
>  have the opportunity to compare reports from different places.
>  This requires us to think deeply in order to interpret the
>  varying perspectives.
>
>  One example of a vast web-based news source is Webwombat, with
>  hundreds and hundreds of online newspapers categorized by
>  country.
>
>  Webwombat:
> http:// www.webwombat.com.au/intercom/newsprs/index.htm
>
>  Another collection of is available at 'Newsindex' where you
>  can search 250 online news sources by keywords and browse
>  through recent headline topics to link to related reports
>  from dozens of locations.
>
>  Newsindex:
>  http://www.newsindex.com/
>
>  With access to such a huge amount of information, how do we
>  proceed? Cautiously, I hope, and with good critical thinking
>  skills.
>
>  Here are two sites with ideas to help students evaluate
>  what they find in the news:
>
>  How to Analyze News:
>  http://www.screen.com/mnet/eng/med/class/teamedia/newse.htm
>
>  Media Awareness Network (Canadian site in English and French):

> A site with lesson plans and activities.
>  http://www.screen.com/mnet/
>
>  Or, a different starting point might be the Canadian Daily
>  Newspaper Association's web page, where students can link
>  to Canadian Newspapers online, find out about careers in the
>  news industry, peruse data about circulation and readership,
>  and perhaps begin to think critically about a statement of
>  principles for the news industry which includes the following
>  sentiment:
>
>    "The operation of a newspaper is a public trust and its
>    overriding responsibility is to the society it serves."
>
>  Canadian Daily Newspaper Association:
>  http://www.cna-acj.ca/english/
>  http://www.cna-acj.ca/francais/   (the French version)
>
>  They might then want to consider the reasons why such a set
>  of principles was developed in the first place. What is
>  meant by "Freedom of the Press?"  What might be an example
>  of "conflict of interest?" And, finally, consider the question:
>  Does the coverage of world events found online seem to follow
>  the same types of principles? Why or why not?
>
>               Elizabeth Wellburn (ewellbur@cln.etc.bc.ca)
>  CLN, Open School, B.C., Canada,   phone:250 953 7431  fax:250 953 7444
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Pat Elliott
Teacher/Librarian
Ferndale Woods Elementary School
Barrie, Ontario Canada
(home) mailto:pat.elliott@sympatico.ca
(school) mailto:ferndale@sympatico.ca

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