Reading the news: a worksheet

India-Born Cheetah Gives Birth To 5 Cubs At Kuno National Park

6 reports from 6 outlets over 7 hours. Those outlets have 5 owners.

• Business Today and India Today have the same owner: India Today Group.

1. ND NDTV · 10 h
   India-Born Cheetah Gives Birth To 5 Cubs At Kuno National Park
2. HT Hindustan Times · 10 h
   Indian-born Cheetah gives birth to five cubs at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh, total population reaches 60

   Words only this outlet used: total population.

3. TI Times of India · 10 h
   Tiny paws, big milestone: 5 cheetah cubs born at MP's Kuno National Park, India’s count reaches 60

   Words only this outlet used: Tiny paws, big milestone, MP's.

4. BT Business Today · 6 h
   Welcome to the world, little ones: Indian-born Cheetah gives birth to 5 cubs at Kuno National Park

   Words only this outlet used: Welcome, world, little ones.

5. IT India Today YouTube · 4 h · Video
   Image Of The Day: 5 Cubs Born At Kuno National Park, India Count At 60

   Words only this outlet used: Image, Day.

6. TH The Hindu News · 3 h
   India-born cheetah gives birth to five cubs in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park

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/1966