Online News Assignment

Part A: Examine the websites of three different major newspapers and answer the following for each. (Consider the following newspapers: The New York Times, The Toronto Sun, The Globe and Mail, The Washington Post, LA Times, The Toronto Star)

1) How does the website use advertising? (pop-ups, banners, etc.) What are they advertising? Is the advertising distracting/intrusive?

2) Does the newspaper use fear-inducing headlines/topics to get readership? Comment on the stories being presented by the newspaper. Is there a common theme? Which newspaper do you think aims to scare readers more?

3) Which of your chosen newspaper websites do you find to the best? Why? Which one do you find to be the worst? Why?


Part B: Using Google News Search complete the following.

1) Choose two subjects to search. What are the first three headlines that appear?

2) Google News Search “Cobourg” and search through the news stories for one that catches your attention. Summarize the story in a brief paragraph (5 w’s).