Directions:
This workshop consists of a self-paced slide show, tasks for you to complete and bring to class, as well as links and basic information below. The slides are available in Keynote and PDFs (PDFs are accessible for screen readers). These slides are plain and designed to download fast and simply provide you with information you need for this course.
Once you have looked over these slides, you need to make at least one comment below (100 word minimum) that directly address the slides content for workshop credit, ask questions, etc.
While you are not quizzed on this workshop, you are responsible for using this information for your course projects. This is stuff you need to know. Refer back to these slides.
Keynote: News_workshop.key
PDF: News_workshop.pdf
Pew Center for People and the Press
September 13, 2009
Press Accuracy Rating Hits Two Decade Low
Public Evaluations of the News Media: 1985-2009
How accurate is Wikipedia? Check Wikipedia!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliability_of_Wikipedia
The Commercial News Media
