Reading the news: a worksheet

J&K Medical Students Protest After Professor Objects to Burqas in Labour Room

3 reports from 2 outlets over 21 hours.

• News18 and India Today used nearly the same words. Headlines this close usually come from one news agency’s copy.

1. Ne News18 · 2 Oct · Video · ≈ same wording
   J&K Medical Students Protest After Professor Objects to Burqas in Labour Room

   Words only this outlet used: Objects.

2. Ne News18 YouTube · 2 Oct · Video · ≈ same wording
   J&K Medical Students Protest After Professor Objects to Burqas in Labour Room

   Words only this outlet used: Objects.

3. IT India Today · 3 Oct · ≈ same wording
   Medical students protest in J&K after professor bars burqa in labour room

   Words only this outlet used: bars.

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/899