This document outlines an exercise focused on researching changes in a chosen news medium over the last decade, including aspects like the shift to online platforms and social media presence. Participants are required to summarize their findings and reflect on their thoughts concerning the effectiveness of these changes. The final output should be formatted in MLA style and range between one to two double-spaced pages, including a works cited page.

1. Exercise 3: New(s) Change
A brief situational statement:
The news is an important part of
The Postmortal
. We learn the news when John reads it online. In our real
world, news media is changing, and it has changed rapidly in
the last decade. For this exercise, you will choose one news
medium (newspaper, television, radio, or internet) and you will
research how it has changed in the last decade. You can, for the
sake of time, choose just one news network to research. You can
stay local (think
Sundial
), national, or international.
The steps of this exercise:
1.
Choose a news media in which you are interested.
2.
Choose a news network in which you are interested. This can be
real news or soft news.
3.
Research the last decade using your main source. What are the
changes that have occurred within this news source?
o
If it’s a print source, is it becoming obsolete?
o
Are they moving toward online only?
o
Do they have a social media page like Twitter?
o
Have they created apps for smart phones?

2. 4.
After your research, you will write a 1 page summary/reflection.
The first half of the page should be a summary of your findings.
The second half should be a reflection. What are
your
thoughts on these changes? Is it effective or not? What are they
ways you think people prefer to get their news and why?
Details of this exercise:
1.
This assignment, as always, will be typed in MLA format.
2.
Double space and include a “Works Cited” page.
3.
You should have no less than 1 double-spaced page and no more
than 2.