1. Read about Randolph Hearst, Pulitzer and The Yellow Kid (Yellow Journalism) in the blog post below this one.
2. After reading the post below this one, peruse the following 3 websites of contemporary yellow journalism. Select an article from each site and read it. Notice how the journalist uses (or doesn't use) attribution. For each article complete the handout notes (to turn in for participation credit).
3. Now for the writing project. Come up with some outrageous claims about a topic. Your topic can be about an event, person, or trend. Provide the facts, statistics, hear-say, details about people, places, things, events, quotes, etc. that sound true (or not true). Just like Stephen Glass's notes. Once you have your note sheet completed (see graphic organizer), please turn in to us.
4. Once enough selections are ready for you, your job for our weekly world news staff, is to select a note sheet and begin writing an article (300-400 words) using these notes to create some yellow journalism. YOU MAY NOT CHOOSE YOUR OWN NOTES!
HOMEWORK: Please read and annotate the article from BuzzFeed. If you did not complete your work from above please catch up!
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