Summary
Directions : Here’s today’s featured stories, including the news summary (see video above) and videos by subject area below. Choose one of the stories from the news summary or one of the subject area videos and answer the questions. Click “VIDEO” to skip the sponsored messages at the beginning of the segment. By the end of last week, an investigation was underway to determine what caused a Pittsburgh bridge to collapse into a ravine, hours before President Joe Biden visited the city to tout a new infrastructure law. COVID-19 cases have fallen 27 percent in the U.S. over the past two weeks, while the average number of new deaths rose 34 percent. A severe winter storm blanketed parts of the U.S. East Coast with record snowfall over the weekend. (Note: this news wrap piece aired Friday, Jan. 28.) | TRANSCRIPT The following stories have been broken down by subject area:SOCIAL STUDIES: How a new law ‘turbocharges’ difficulties of voting in Texas VIDEO | TRANSCRIPT
STEM : Omicron cases are falling – but the caseload remains dangerously high VIDEO | TRANSCRIPT
ARTS & CULTURE : Singer-songwriter Tori Amos on music, creativity and grief VIDEO | TRANSCRIPT
Five Facts
Discussion questions using the Journalist’s Five Ws plus an H:
- Who are some of the individuals or groups of people mentioned in the news summary?
- What stories are covered?
- Where do some of the stories take place?
- When did those stories occur?
- Why did the event(s) take place?
- How do you think the NewsHour’s producers decided which stories made it into the news summary?
Media literacy : Who else do you think should have been interviewed in the story you watched?
