Typhoon Haiyan
H1008
H1008 Current Events
Goals for this project:
To understand the overall importance of being aware of current events.
For this project you will choose a news story that happened in the past week and either read an article about it (print or online), or watch the entire coverage of it on television. You will then answer the following questions in a list format. (Label your answer with the corresponding question.) Make sure you answer each question adequately.
1. What news story did you read about or watch? Give a short summary. What was the source that you got this information from? The Haiyan Super Typhoon was the most power typhoon ever recorded. It hit the island country of the Philippines with horrible devastation. As many as 10,000 people may have died. The small town of Tacloban, Philippines story of suffering with little aid and no medicine is described in the CNN article “Typhoon Haiyan: No medicine, little aid at Tacloban clinic” (“Thyphoon Haiyan”). The information was from the CNN web site
2. Why was this story reported on? Why would people want to read about it? What makes this important? This was the most powerful storm ever recorded with the highest wind speed. Many people died during this storm even with advanced warning.
3. Do you think any information is missing from this story that should have been included? What else do you want to know? I might what to know why aren’t they getting any help.
4. Where do you think you could find the answers to these questions? List possible resources. TV, internet, magazines, radio.
5. Find this news story as covered by a different newspaper or news channel. What are the differences between the ways the stories are portrayed? Is one representation of the story biased? If so, how? This story was covered by everyone and the stories all seem the same.
6. Based on this conclusion, do you have any concerns about the trustworthiness of media sources? If so, what? I have no reason not to trust this source.
H1008 Current Events
Goals for this project:
To understand the overall importance of being aware of current events.
For this project you will choose a news story that happened in the past week and either read an article about it (print or online), or watch the entire coverage of it on television. You will then answer the following questions in a list format. (Label your answer with the corresponding question.) Make sure you answer each question adequately.
1. What news story did you read about or watch? Give a short summary. What was the source that you got this information from? The Haiyan Super Typhoon was the most power typhoon ever recorded. It hit the island country of the Philippines with horrible devastation. As many as 10,000 people may have died. The small town of Tacloban, Philippines story of suffering with little aid and no medicine is described in the CNN article “Typhoon Haiyan: No medicine, little aid at Tacloban clinic” (“Thyphoon Haiyan”). The information was from the CNN web site
2. Why was this story reported on? Why would people want to read about it? What makes this important? This was the most powerful storm ever recorded with the highest wind speed. Many people died during this storm even with advanced warning.
3. Do you think any information is missing from this story that should have been included? What else do you want to know? I might what to know why aren’t they getting any help.
4. Where do you think you could find the answers to these questions? List possible resources. TV, internet, magazines, radio.
5. Find this news story as covered by a different newspaper or news channel. What are the differences between the ways the stories are portrayed? Is one representation of the story biased? If so, how? This story was covered by everyone and the stories all seem the same.
6. Based on this conclusion, do you have any concerns about the trustworthiness of media sources? If so, what? I have no reason not to trust this source.
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