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?
Focus Questions
See, Think, Wonder : What did you notice? What did the story make you think? What story would you want to find out more about? Where would you go to learn more?For More
Media literacy lesson : Take a look at the "views" for each segment that aired on Tuesday's night's program. What do you notice? Why do you think the views for the Sandy Hook story are considerably lower than for other NewsHour stories? Is the Youtube audience different from the audience who watches the show on television? What do polls say about how Americans feel about gun safety? Does this change how you think about gun safety in America? What other indicators for how a story 'performs' might be importance? What questions do you have?
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