Assignment 2: NY Times Front Page Reflection
October 30, 2013 by cl158505
The theme that my group selected for our front page was coffee. At first we had a bit of trouble deciding on what to pick as our theme. But everyone in the group agreed that this would be a good topic. One of the main reasons why we chose this theme is because coffee is part of the morning rituals that most of us have. The articles we selected fit well within the team since it showed how coffee is part of the lives of many people here in the city, the U.S, and even the world.
My individual role in the group was to find an international article that had to do with coffee. I ended up choosing a article that was about how coffee may be one of the main reasons why people in a certain island in Greece live for so long.
The experience this project gave me influenced my understanding of news literacy since it showed me how valuable online papers can be in finding information about any topic. Also, since I was getting my information from a prestigious newspaper like The New York Times, I knew what I reading was reliable. This can surely help me in the future when I have to get information about other topics.
Here is the link to our project: https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/nytp/