Reading the news: a worksheet

India gets its 100th Grandmaster! Anuj Shrivatri becomes first GM from Madhya Pradesh

5 reports from 5 outlets over 2 hours.

• The Hindu and Deccan Herald used nearly the same words. Headlines this close usually come from one news agency’s copy.

1. TI Times of India · 5 h
   India gets its 100th Grandmaster! Anuj Shrivatri becomes first GM from Madhya Pradesh

   Words only this outlet used: gets, GM.

2. HT Hindustan Times · 5 h
   Anuj Shrivatri becomes India's 100th grandmaster
3. TH The Hindu Sport · 4 h · ≈ same wording
   Anuj Shrivatri becomes India’s 100th chess Grandmaster
4. ND NDTV · 3 h
   Anuj Shrivatri Becomes India's 100th Chess Grandmaster, Madhya Pradesh's First
5. DH Deccan Herald · 3 h · ≈ same wording
   Anuj Shrivatri becomes India's 100th chess Grandmaster

Questions

1. Which words do most headlines share? Which words does only one outlet use, and what do they stress?

2. Who reported it first, and how long did the others take? Does “first seen by Huduku” mean they broke the story?

3. How many different owners carried it? Do any outlets share an owner, or nearly the same words?

4. Which outlets you know did not carry it? What might explain that?

5. What is the original source (a judgment, notice, speech or set of figures)? Find it. Does any headline say more than the source does?

6. If you shared one of these headlines, which would it be, and why?

Each headline links to the outlet’s own report. Huduku shows headlines only. https://huduku.org/story/12798