Death of a Newspaper?

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Death of a Newspaper?

• Examining and Debating a Possible End to a News
  Era

2
Surviving Technological Advancement

• News papers have survived the development of the
  radio, television, and so far the internet, but
  in recent years, profits for newspapers have
  dropped drastically, and long running papers are
  going out of business. Does it mean the end of
  the newspaper era?

3
This Lesson Objectives

• In this lesson you will be watching videos and
  reading articles related to the decline of the
  newspaper industry. Then you will be using that
  information to outline the pros and cons of
  newspapers, to argue for one of these two
  possibilities
• The likely survival of the newspaper industry
• The likely demise of the newspaper industry

• You will
• Read the resources and pull out key information
  to support each possibility.
• Form an opinion on a current event story
• Support that story by organizing the information
  into a presentable format.
• Explain/Debate your position in class.

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Resources

• CNN March 30, 2009- Video
• (CNN's Don Lemon talked to David Sirota and
  Leonard Pitts about the decline of the newspaper
  industry in the United States.)
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vS9AtkO7eqIk
• Freedom Watch w/ Judge Napolitano. Fox News
• http//video.foxnews.com/v/3940616/federal-bailout
  -of-newspaper-industry/
• Trends and Numbers. Newspaper Association.
• (Offers 2011 numbers and statistics)
• http//www.naa.org/TrendsandNumbers.aspx
• The US Newspaper Industry in Transition.
  Author The Congressional Research Service.
  September 9, 2010.
• Read Summary and view charts on pages
  3,6,11,13,15
• http//www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40700.pdf
• Why Newspaper Paywalls are Still a Bad Idea.
  GigaOM
• http//gigaom.com/2011/06/06/why-newspaper-paywall
  s-are-still-a-bad-idea/

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Assignment!!

• Please go to the Unit 1 Assignments section of
  the class and open the Unit 1 class discussion
  Assignment.
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