Oral presentations: The week in review. Editorials continued.

20 Março 2023, 09:30 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

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Students' individual oral presentations: The Week in Review - Your pick of stories (Teresa Pimentel; José Tobio; Luana Alta.

Editorials continued: looking at beginnings and endings of editorials published in British and American newspapers.

Evidence-based editorials.

16 Março 2023, 09:30 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

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Editorials: 

(a) four main types of editorials: persuasive; analysis and explanatory; obituary; endorsement; 

(b) analysing the structure and style of an evidence-based editorial based on TEXT 17: "Race and marijuana arrests" (New York Times) and TEXT 18: "Prison works ..." (The Independent) continued: opinion stated; reasons stated to support this opinion; facts that support this opinion; author's suggestions for dealing with the topic of the editorial. 

Discussion of David Puttnam's TEDx talk and TEXTS 15 and 16.

13 Março 2023, 09:30 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

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Discussion of David Puttnam's TEDx talk "Does the media have a duty of care?" “ and Monitoring the popular press: an historical perspective" (History and Policy" (TEXT 15), “The present crisis of Western democracy is a crisis of journalism”  (Nieman Reports, September 10, 2018). (TEXT 16).

Preparing discussion of TED talk and TEXTs 15 & 16.

9 Março 2023, 09:30 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

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Preparing to discuss David Puttnam's TEDx talk "Does the media have a duty of care?" “ and Monitoring the popular press: an historical perspective" (History and Policy" (TEXT 15), “The present crisis of Western democracy is a crisis of journalism”  (Nieman Reports, September 10, 2018). (TEXT 16) (to be continued next class).

Comparing and contrasting two news stories as reported by a quality paper and a tabloid continued. TEDx talk "Does the media have a duty of care?”

6 Março 2023, 09:30 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

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Comparing and contrasting the language features and overall style of two news stories reporting on the same event continued: TEXT 11 "Pride of Britain Awards 2011 ...", Daily Mirror; TEXT 12 - "Pensioner prevented jewellery raid ...", The Guardian; making judgements about the kind of audience the articles were written for.

Direct leads (in straight news reports) vs delayed leads (in news features).

Watching the TEDx talk "Does the media have a duty of care?”

HOMEWORK: Answer the questions about the TED talk sent by email.