2. In what ways does news reporting affect your life? Your neighborhood? Your school? Why are some events considered news in one place but not another? How does the use of specific language affect consumers?

3. Selling the News

4. Where are newspapers found? How many newspapers are there? (in the world? in the U.S? in Maryland?) What about in Howard County/Columbia? (about five depending where you live in Howard County – The Howard County Times/Columbia Flier, and four free newspapers)

5.  You will be given a list of names (in newspaper jargon, flags) of major newspapers from across the United States. It is your job to determine the message behind the flag. For instance, The Star could be named that because it’s reporting gets a gold star, the best, or it could be because stars shine light as a newspaper shines light on many subjects.  Get started, and try your best to determine the story behind the flag.  For some flags you might need to look up a key word in the dictionary.

6.  Directions: Each team should guess an answer based on the following questions and answers. The writing in italics provides more information about the question and should not be read aloud until the question has been answered. Correct answers appear in bold.