Assignment Summary
For this assignment, you will use a graphic organizer to monitor and analyze multiple global news outlets
across a period of time. Once you have completed your organizer, you will answer key questions about
the media's coverage of a story and how this coverage changed and developed over time.
Background Information
In today's world, global media outlets such as websites, newspapers, and magazines give their readers
up-to-the-minute coverage of breaking news and events from across the globe.
In the 24-hour news cycle, stories are constantly unfolding with the addition of new information and
perspectives. As situations develop, reporters work to keep their audience informed, and readers
synthesize new information with what they already know about a news event.