This presentation is used by trainers from the News Literacy Project to explain what news judgment is, why it's a powerful driver of critical thinking in the classroom and how to teach it using one of NLP's lessons.

1. NLP Lesson 7:
Page One Meeting
Darragh Worland
New York Program Manager
Vice President for Digital Media
April 8, 2014

2. Essential Question
Why does news matter?

3. Essential Question
Why does news matter?
Why is the First Amendment
protection of free speech so
vital to democracy?

4. • Students compare and contrast the front page
of a selection of the day’s newspapers
• Students learn about how editors decide what
news to print/publish
• Students participate in a mock editorial
meeting in small groups
• Note: Activity can also be adapted for TV
news shows and websites
Lesson Description

5. • Students compare and contrast the front page
of a selection of the day’s newspapers
• Students learn about how editors decide what
news to print/publish
• Students participate in a mock editorial
meeting in small groups
• Note: Activity can also be adapted for TV
news shows and websites
Lesson Description

6. • Students compare and contrast the front page
of a selection of the day’s newspapers
• Students learn about how editors decide what
news to print/publish
• Students participate in a mock editorial
meeting in small groups
• Note: Activity can also be adapted for TV
news shows and websites
Lesson Description

7. • Students compare and contrast the front page
of a selection of the day’s newspapers
• Students learn about how editors decide what
news to print/publish
• Students participate in a mock editorial
meeting in small groups
• Note: Activity can also be adapted for TV
news shows and websites
Lesson Description

8. Students will:
•Understand “news judgment” as a foundational concept of
news literacy
•Understand the watchdog role of the press in democracy
•Analyze the similarities and differences between different news
sources
•Be able to explain the challenge editors face in striking the
right balance between what the public wants to know and what
the public needs to know
•Evaluate the importance of a news story
•Create a front page of a hypothetical newspaper
Objectives & Skills

9. Students will:
•Understand “news judgment” as a foundational concept of
news literacy
•Understand the watchdog role of the press in democracy
•Analyze the similarities and differences between different news
sources
•Be able to explain the challenge editors face in striking the
right balance between what the public wants to know and what
the public needs to know
•Evaluate the importance of a news story
•Create a front page of a hypothetical newspaper
Objectives & Skills

10. Students will:
•Understand “news judgment” as a foundational concept of
news literacy
•Understand the watchdog role of the press in democracy
•Analyze the similarities and differences between different news
sources
•Be able to explain the challenge editors face in striking the
right balance between what the public wants to know and what
the public needs to know
•Evaluate the importance of a news story
•Create a front page of a hypothetical newspaper
Objectives & Skills

11. Students will:
•Understand “news judgment” as a foundational concept of
news literacy
•Understand the watchdog role of the press in democracy
•Analyze the similarities and differences between different news
sources
•Be able to explain the challenge editors face in striking the
right balance between what the public wants to know and what
the public needs to know
•Evaluate the importance of a news story
•Create a front page of a hypothetical newspaper
Objectives & Skills

12. Students will:
•Understand “news judgment” as a foundational concept of
news literacy
•Understand the watchdog role of the press in democracy
•Analyze the similarities and differences between different news
sources
•Be able to explain the challenge editors face in striking the
right balance between what the public wants to know and what
the public needs to know
•Evaluate the importance of a news story
•Create a front page of a hypothetical newspaper
Objectives & Skills

13. Students will:
•Understand “news judgment” as a foundational concept of
news literacy
•Understand the watchdog role of the press in democracy
•Analyze the similarities and differences between different news
sources
•Be able to explain the challenge editors face in striking the
right balance between what the public wants to know and what
the public needs to know
•Evaluate the importance of a news story
•Create a front page of a hypothetical newspaper
Objectives & Skills

14. Common Core State Standard
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.6-12.1
Initiate and participate effectively in a range of
collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups,
and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade
topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas
and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.

15. What Is News?

16. What Is News?

17. What Is News?

18. What Is News?

19. News Judgment

20. Part I: Do Now

21. Part I: Do Now
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22. Part I: Do Now

23. Part 1: Newspaper Terms
Lead ArticleLead Article
HeadlineHeadlineCaptionCaption
Off-Lead
Article
Off-Lead
Article
BylineByline
Credit LineCredit Line
SlugSlug
Hard NewsHard News
Soft
News/Featur
e
Soft
News/Featur
e
Date LineDate Line
Above the FoldAbove the Fold
EditorialEditorial
Op-EdOp-Ed
Page One
Meeting
Page One
Meeting
BroadsheetBroadsheet
TabloidTabloid

24. Part 2: Page One Meeting

25. Part 2: Handouts

26. Part 2: Handouts

27. Part 2: Handouts

28. Variation:
1.Choose 5 of the week’s headlines for each of the following sections/beats:
– International News
– National News
– Sports
– Arts & Entertainment
– Science & Tech
1.Include one photo for each section
2.Divide class into small groups and assign a section to each
3.Students work together to select one story they would pitch for page one
4.One student from each group pitches top section story to teacher, acting
as “editor in chief”
5.Teacher then decides ranking of page one stories
Part 2:
Small Group Activity

29. Variation:
1.Choose 5 of the week’s headlines for each of the following sections/beats:
– International News
– National News
– Sports
– Arts & Entertainment
– Science & Tech
1.Include one photo for each section
2.Divide class into small groups and assign a section to each
3.Students work together to select one story they would pitch for page one
4.One student from each group pitches top section story to teacher, acting
as “editor in chief”
5.Teacher then decides ranking of page one stories
Part 2:
Small Group Activity

30. Part 2:
Small Group Activity

31. Variation:
1.Choose 5 of the week’s headlines for each of the following sections/beats:
– International News
– National News
– Sports
– Arts & Entertainment
– Science & Tech
1.Include one photo for each section
2.Divide class into small groups and assign a section to each
3.Students work together to select one story they would pitch for page one
4.One student from each group pitches top section story to teacher, acting
as “editor in chief”
5.Teacher then decides ranking of page one stories
Part 2:
Small Group Activity

32. Variation:
1.Choose 5 of the week’s headlines for each of the following sections/beats:
– International News
– National News
– Sports
– Arts & Entertainment
– Science & Tech
1.Include one photo for each section
2.Divide class into small groups and assign a section to each
3.Students work together to select one story they would pitch for page one
4.One student from each group pitches top section story to teacher, acting
as “editor in chief”
5.Teacher then decides ranking of page one stories
Part 2:
Small Group Activity

33. Variation:
1.Choose 5 of the week’s headlines for each of the following sections/beats:
– International News
– National News
– Sports
– Arts & Entertainment
– Science & Tech
1.Include one photo for each section
2.Divide class into small groups and assign a section to each
3.Students work together to select one story they would pitch for page one
4.One student from each group pitches top section story to teacher, acting
as “editor in chief”
5.Teacher then decides ranking of page one stories
Part 2:
Small Group Activity

34. Variation:
1.Choose 5 of the week’s headlines for each of the following sections/beats:
– International News
– National News
– Sports
– Arts & Entertainment
– Science & Tech
1.Include one photo for each section
2.Divide class into small groups and assign a section to each
3.Students work together to select one story they would pitch for page one
4.One student from each group pitches top section story to teacher, acting
as “editor in chief”
5.Teacher then decides ranking of page one stories
Part 2:
Small Group Activity

35. Off-leadOff-lead
Lead StoryLead Story
FoldFold
PhotoPhoto

36. Q & A