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INTRODUCTION : Think about this... "I read it in the paper so it must be true." Is all news reported accurately? Is all news reported? People and events change the world we live in. What we see and read we believe.

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FOCUS QUESTION:  
Why are newspaper stories often reported differently?

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YOUR MISSION

TASK ONE

• Access the headline news from at least three different Australian newspapers (note: it must be the same news item).
• Study each report and identify the similarities and the differences among each story on the summary sheet provided.
• Prepare a written report to answer "Are all Newspaper Reports the Same?"
  • Explain why differences may have occurred.
  • Identify emotive and biased language.
  • What differences are there in layout? e.g. Font, design, photos etc

  Your summary sheet should be part of your report.

Some of the Australian Newspapers on the web

Sydney Morning Herald

The Courier Mail

Daily Telegraph

The Australian

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TASK TWO

• Locate a world story from an Australian newspaper.
• In three points, summarise the story. Print out and use the sheet provided here.
• Now, locate the same news topic in an overseas newspaper.
• Compare the report with the Australian story and make an oral report to the class.

Some of the Overseas Newspapers on the web

American NBC

New York Times

The Times (London)

Singapore Straits Times

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TASK THREE

A newspaper story should always follow a set format. It is traditionally an inverted triangle. The "guts" of the story is at the beginning and when trying to"pad"out, interviews and quotes are often used towards the end. Space in a newspaper is critical.

• Using one of your articles identify the format of the story and record this information in your work book or on the worksheet provided here.
• Use the format shown in the diagram below.

TASK FOUR 

• Write a report for your teacher on what you have learned about newspaper reporting, its structure, and its purpose.
• Collect from your newsagent or librarian any number of old papers. Cut out a selection of different headlines (fonts, size etc) and make a collage.
• Use one of these headlines to write your own newspaper story ( fact or fiction ) using the format you have been taught in this module.