Overview
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ASSIGNMENT:
- Six (6) Current Affairs Journal (CAJ) Entries @ 25 points each – 150 points.ch CAJ entry must fully describe the event using no less than two media sources from the list provided below. Select media sources that have varying or contrasting coverage of the same issue. You may select other creditable media sources but clear these with me first.
- Identify the political and social dimensions of the selected issue.
- Comment on why you think that the media sources you have selected covered the current affairs events differently. This is your journal so you are free to select each topic. Examples of possible topics are: the tax cuts, Immigration policy, Black Lives Matter, White Supremacist Movement, Me too Movement, Environmental issues, ISIS, etc.
- Each CAJ entry should be 2- 3 pages double spaced.
- Give each CAJ entry a title. The title should include the name of the current affairs issue Six (6) Current Affairs Journal (CAJ) Entries @ 25 points each – 150 points. Students must select six different separate current affairs issues or events. These issues could be local, that is from your town or city; a state of Georgia or other state issue; a nationwide issue; or, an international or global issue.
- Each CAJ entry must fully describe the event using no less than two media sources from the list provided below. Select media sources that have varying or contrasting coverage of the same issue.
- Identify the political and social dimensions of the selected issue.
- Comment on why you think that the media sources you have selected covered the current affairs events differently. This is your journal so you are free to select each topic. Examples of possible topics are: the tax cuts, Immigration policy, Black Lives Matter, White Supremacist Movement, Me too Movement, Environmental issues, ISIS, etc.
- Each CAJ entry should be 2- 3 pages double spaced.
- Give each CAJ entry a title. The title should include the name of the current affairs issue you are presenting. Insert CAJ Entry 1, CAJ Entry 2, CAJ Entry 3, etc. before each title.
MEDIA LIST - THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION - https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Atlanta-Journ... -
- www.aljazeera.com/
AXIOS - https://www.axios.com/BBC - http://www.bbc.com/POLITICO NEWS/BLOOMBERG - https://www.politico.com/news/bloombergECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE - http://www.epi.org/HBO LAST WEEK TONIGHT - JOHN OLIVER - https://www.hbo.com/last-week-tonight-with-john-ol...NPR -https://www.npr.org/PBS NEWSHOUR - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/PROPUBLICA- https://www.propublica.org/|THE AMERICAN PROSPECT - http://prospect.org/THE DAILY BEAST - https://www.thedailybeast.com/THE ECONOMIST - https://www.economist.com/THE HUFFINGTON POST- -https://www.huffingtonpost.com/THE NEW YORK TIMES - https://www.nytimes.com/WASHINGTON POST - www.washingtonpost.comTHE WALL STREET JOURNAL - https://www.wsj.com/THE WEEKLY STANDARD - http://www.weeklystandard.com/