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This document discusses evaluating web resources and identifying their audience. It uses examples from The New York Times, CNN, and Mother Jones.
What's inside
- Evaluating The New York Times
- Evaluating CNN
- Evaluating Mother Jones
- Identifying the audience of news websites
- Assessing the quality of online information
Who it is for: For students learning to evaluate web resources and identify their audience. (Undergraduate)
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Summary
Investigative reporting requires checking claims against reliable web sources. This guide explains how to evaluate web resources and identify their audience.
Evaluating Web Resources
Websites are ranked by their number of visitors. A website's audience is not always limited to one country. A website's information is updated regularly if it is important for it to be up-to-date.
The New York Times
The New York Times is a leading newspaper. It has a large audience worldwide. Its articles are of high quality and professionally reviewed.
CNN and Mother Jones
CNN has a large audience worldwide. Its articles are accurate and relevant. Mother Jones provides investigative reporting on various topics. Its articles are relevant, accurate and thorough.
Key terms
- audience
- The people who read or use a website.
- investigative reporting
- Journalism that investigates and reports on issues.
- peer-reviewed
- Checked by other people with similar knowledge.
- professionally reviewed
- Checked by people who work in the same field.
- relevant
- Useful or appropriate to the subject.
- thorough
- Covering a subject completely.
Questions this document helps with
- How do you check if a website is reliable?
- What makes a website's audience large?
- How do you know if a website's information is up-to-date?
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