Listening Journal for CNN Student News

 

 

Your “Listening Journal” is a biweekly (once in two weeks) assignment on a news story that you have listened to on CNN online and your personal response to that story. The purpose of this assignment is to develop your listening, note taking, and free writing skills, i.e, writing down your thoughts quickly without worrying about grammar.

 

Directions:

• gO TO   CNN Student News                
   

• PLAY the news of the day OR pick a topic across the top of the page. Scroll to a story of interest.  View the story two or three times and then complete the journal below. 

Journal Assignment: [Select only one story covered in the broadcast to write about.]

 

1. What was the story about?  ___________________________________________________________________

 

2. List the most interesting or important information:

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3. Was the story newsworthy? In other words, did the topic have social, political, economic, civic, or educational significance? Explain your answer in at least three sentences.

 

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