LOCAL MEDIA ACTIVITY
For this activity you
will research who owns and edits your local newspaper.
*What can you conclude
about the point of view of the newspaper by determining who owns
and edits it?
* Does the owner also own any other newspapers, television stations
or other media outlets?
* Does the owner live in Vermont?
* Does the editor live in Vermont?
* What does that tell you?
Some local newspapers
include:
* Burlington Free Press
(Burlington, VT)
* Seven Days (Burlington, VT)
* Colchester Sun (Colchester, VT)
* The Guardian (Burlington, VT)
* Vermont Cynic (Burlington, VT)
* Essex Reporter (Essex Junction, VT)
* Out in the Mountains (Burlington, VT) |