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Front Page shocking images continued: TEXTS 2 and 3.
10 Outubro 2023, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha
Discussion of three newspaper articles related to Front Page shocking images continued: students' oral reports and comments on their assigned text.
(a) "Are newspapers correct to use such shocking images on their front pages?" (TEXT 2);
(b) "Photo Editors' Notebook: What makes the image of Omran Daqneesh extraordinary?" (TEXT 3).
Instructions about oral presentations explained. Headlines.
3 Outubro 2023, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha
Individual press review (The Week in Review: Your Pick of Stories) - instructions explained; rubric (assessment criteria); tips on how to organise an oral presentation.
Headlines: deducing the language features of headlines (syntax, commonly used short words, and other headlinese rules) by doing exercises on pages 18-19.
"Refugee crisis media coverage highlights importance of words ...". TED Talk "Photo that changed the world" by Jonathan Klein.
28 Setembro 2023, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha
Reading and discussion of the HuffPost article "Refugee crisis media coverage highlights importance of words and how they are used" (READING MATTERS TEXT 2) continued.
Watching the TED Talk "Photo that changed the world" by Jonathan Klein and talking about impactful photos.
Preparing the discussion of five newspaper articles related to Front Page shocking images: (a) "Are newspapers correct to use such shocking images on their front pages?" (TEXT 3); (b) "Photo Editors' Notebook: What makes the image of Omran Daqneesh extraordinary?" (TEXT 4); (c) "Facebook back tracks to allow iconic Vietnam War photo of child napalm victims" (TEXT 5); d) “Don’t Look Away: Photojournalists Are Documenting the Brutality of Russia’s War in Ukraine” (TEXT 6); e) “It’s Been 50 Years. I Am Not ‘Napalm Girl’ Anymore” (TEXT 7) - an email was sent to all students with instructions for this assignment.
Language features of the front page. TEXT 2.
26 Setembro 2023, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha
Deducing the language features of the front page of British tabloids and quality papers continued: reporting on the analysis of the front page of a British tabloid and a quality paper. Summing up the main features of both types of newspapers front pages.
The impact of words in the printed press: Reading and discussion of the HuffPost article "Refugee crisis media coverage highlights importance of words and how they are used" (READING MATTERS TEXT 2).
Deducing the language features of the front page of British tabloids and quality papers continued.
21 Setembro 2023, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha
Deducing the language features of the front page of British tabloids and quality papers continued: group reporting on the analysis of the front page of a British tabloid and a quality paper.