Verification Simulation: Reconstruct a newsroom’s verification process for a viral video; list steps to confirm or withhold publication.
· Framing Analysis: Compare two outlets (liberal vs. conservative) covering the same story; identify linguistic framing and missing context.
· Ethics Roundtable: Debate whether WikiLeaks’ data dumps meet or violate journalistic principles of public interest and harm reduction.
· Press-Freedom Tracker: Choose a country from the Freedom House index and prepare a one-page brief on current media restrictions.