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Press Freedom: Guess the Country Activity

The Reporters Without Borders Index measures that level of press freedom in 180 countries. 

Get in pairs and write down the order that you think these countries fall in (from most free to least free):

Peru

South Africa

Cuba

United States

Canada

Eritrea 

Biased or Biased Headlines Activity

Freedom of the Press and Bias

Reporters without Borders

Check the journalistic freedom index of the area of the world that you want to focus on.

Database Resources- you'll need passwords when using at home

Avoid firewalls and find current magazine and newspaper articles using these databases.  

You can now access nytimes.com in-school without using the databases and passwords.

You will need the DATABASE PASSWORDS  if you are using them at home.

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