Writing the News

Now have students access the student chapter Writing the News and go through it with the class, then have them answer the multiple-choice questions individually or as a class.

Ask students: What parts of this process help to make sure that a news article is reliable?

Make sure the following points come up (you may want to write them on the board):

• Interviewing sources
• Making sure that interviews are on the record
• Confirming facts
• Fact-checking
• Giving people mentioned in the story a chance to respond

Now have students access the student chapter Sample News Article and have students read it and answer the questions.

Take the questions up in class: