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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

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

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.

Gale One File
Read newspapers and magazines including The Washington Post and The Economist.
Global Issues in Context Explore global issues within government, law, health, science and technology, society and culture.
The New York Times
If you are at home and want to read the New York Times, open the link, click "Redeem" and log in with your NPS Google account. This promotional code will work for 72 hours. To extend access for another 72 hours, return to the link to redeem another code. There is no limit for code redemptions per account.

If you are at school, you can access the New York Times without going through these steps.
Wall Street Journal