Geraldine Baum, The News Literacy Project
How does a reporter cover a dramatic and cataclysmic breaking story while the facts are still emerging? How does one make sense of the deluge of information and emotion at the epicenter of an event like the destruction of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001? Geraldine Baum, a reporter in the New York bureau of the Los Angeles Times, was one of the first journalists on the scene amid the devastation that fateful morning. In this session, she will walk students through her coverage that day and in the months that followed. Students will discover how to think like a reporter, gain insights into how to ask the right questions and where to get accurate information, and learn valuable lessons in how to what to believe.
