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And then answer the following questions:
New York Times Scavenger Hunt
- What article appears in the upper left hand corner of the home page? What kind of article is it? News or opinion?
- What article is featured in the middle of the home page, with the picture? Is it news or opinion?
- What heading do you see in the box on the right hand side of the home page? What can you assume about the articles whose headlines you see here?
- Write the headline of the editorial.
- What Op-Ed pieces do you see in today’s paper?
- Write the names of the columnists whose work appears in today’s Op-Ed section.
- Scroll down the menu on the left hand side of the page. In which section are you sure you’ll see opinion pieces?
- Write down two headlines in the Arts section. Are these news or opinion articles?
- Write down two headlines from Health. Are these news or opinion articles?
After you have finished your hunt, answer the following questions:
- Where in The Times are you most likely to find news stories?
- When you located a news story, how did you know it was news?
- What is the difference between news and “news analysis”? (The “reader’s guide” can help.)
- Where in The Times are you most likely to find opinion pieces? How do you know they are opinion?
- Can you find a piece in which facts and opinion mingle?
- Is it always clear what’s a fact and what’s an opinion? Why or why not?
- Why is it important to be able to tell the difference between fact and opinion when consuming news?