Is it news?

Is it news?!?

​Seeing how well you distinguish news from things that aren't news.

Is It News? (Part 1)

Directions

• Part 1 of this activity -- the first five questions of this quiz -- are going to be about news stories you haven't seen before.

• First, all of these stories are real.

• Read the headline and description provided for each question.

• Decide whether each story is news by clicking "Yes" or "No".

Multiple Choice

SportingEncyclopedia.com
The Stanley Cup: A Grand Tradition
By Tanya Trask
Hockey’s unique championship trophy has a long and winding history. …

• Yes, it's news.

• No, it's not news.

Multiple Choice

Play4Fun.com
Puck Puck Goose Hockey is going to the birds!
Flip, flap and flop as you shoot for hockey glory against a flock of web-footed opponents. …

• Yes, it's news.

• No, it's not news.

Multiple Choice

SportsScoopsDaily.com
Washington Capitals Finally Bring Home Stanley Cup
By Edward Vail
Last night’s spectacular closing game of the Stanley Cup finals brought victory and validation for a team long seen as doomed to never bring home the big prize. …

• Yes, it's news.

• No, it's not news.

Multiple Choice

ViralMadnessBuzzFactory.co
Washington Capitals: Champions or Cheaters?
See why some people are saying the latest Stanley Cup champions don’t deserve their title. …

• Yes, it's news.

• No, it's not news.

Multiple Choice

TheDailyPost.com
Perspective: Hockey’s Culture of Violence Is Outdated
By Deandre Mason
Last night I cheered for my hometown’s hockey team. But I also questioned if the game I was watching has a place in today’s sporting culture. …

• Yes, it's news.

• No, it's not news.

Is It News? (Part 2)

Directions

• The next six headlines will be about stories you are familiar with and have probably read before in class.

• Just like before, you'll see a headline, an author, and the first line.

• Unlike before, you will also see an image of the headline and article.

• Also consider: What do you remember about how the article was written?
  

Multiple Choice

BHS attendance policy introduces detention, Saturday School

by Ohad Aviran-Finkelstein

This year, Berkeley High school has initiated the Academic Intervention Program, as well as the implementation of new detention and tardy policies. These have increased student attendance by a large margin...

• Yes, it's news

• No, it's not news.

Multiple Choice

parents4saturdayschool

Which would you choose? Kids happy and learning or bored and forgetting? If you're against Saturday school, you're choosing bored and forgetting.

• Yes, it's news.

• No, it's not news.

Multiple Choice

22 years after military force was authorized in Afghanistan, Congress needs to restore basic checks and balances

BY REP. BARBARA LEE (D-CALIF.) AND STEPHEN MILES, OPINION CONTRIBUTORS
Like so many, we vividly remember where we were 22 years ago this week as the horrific attacks of Sept. 11 unfolded. We still mourn the 3,000 lives lost that day...

• Yes, it's news.

• No, it's not news.

Multiple Choice

Bush jokes about search for WMD, but it's no laughing matter for critics

by David Teather
President George Bush sparked a political firestorm yesterday after making what many judged a tasteless and ill-judged joke about the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

• Yes, it's news.

• No, it's not news.

Multiple Choice

Arthur children's book faces potential Florida ban over claim it "damaged souls"

by Maya Yang

A title in the Arthur children’s book series is facing a potential ban after a conservative activist claimed that it “damaged souls”...

• Yes, it's news.

• No, it's not news.

Multiple Choice

After Pride flag ban, could a school board recall in Sunol succeed?

by Will McCarthy

After the Sunol Glen Unified School District school board banned the school from flying a Pride flag on Tuesday, parents immediately turned their attention toward a potential recall of the board members...

• Yes, it's news.

• No, it's not news.

You're almost done!

Before answering the final question, think about you're strategy for figuring out what was news and what wasn't.

What is the main thing that lets you know something is news or not?

Poll

What did you look for to tell if a story was news or not?

• How the headline was written.

• Who the author was.

• The news outlet it was published in.

• Reading the first couple of sentences.

• Whether there was bias in the first few lines.