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Topic: News Media and the Public Policy

You will explore how the news media impacts the thoughts of those involved in policy making. In short, connect a specific event to its news coverage and to the media's impact on a specific public policy. The core concept here is media framing. Based on what the media decides to showcase and how they present or frame the issue, the people's ideas of the situation will vary.

Your research can start with either a specific policy or a specific event that was covered by the news: the point is to draw a connection between them. For example, if you are interested in the Clean Water Act, you can look up its history and find specific articles or news broadcasts about what led to its origin. Better yet, find a news story about an event related to the issue of clean water (e.g., the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill) that caused lawmakers to amend the Clean Water Act or influenced how it is enforced.The trick to this will be drawing the connections between an event, the news coverage of the event, and the policy enacted to address the concerns of the people.

To find a relevant news article, you can explore the following sources or find another on your own:

• ABC News
• Boston Globe
• CBS News
• Chicago Tribune
• Denver Post
• LA Times
• Houston Chronicle
• NBC News
• New York Times
• Seattle Times
• Tampa Bay Times
• USA Today
• Wall Street Journal
• Washington Post