News Synopsis Assignment
For one week during the term (assigned during the first class
meeting), each student is to summarize 3 or 4 articles, each with a
single paragraph from news articles from the previous week.
The articles should come from the popular media (as opposed to trade
magazines) -- for example, "The Post Gazette", "Newsweek", and "The
Economist", are acceptable sources, while "Byte", "Datamation",
and "Wired" are not. Be sure to include the source (periodical and
date) for each synopsis. Also, you should write an editorial of
approximately 500 words on one of the articles to be presented orally.
An example of the news synopsis assignment
Schedule for news synopses