Lesson 3(a): 10 minutes to present"Freedonia-3, below FREEDONIA -3 LATER IN THE NEWSROOM AFTER THE THONKA PRESS CONFERENCE. ONE HOUR BEFORE DEADLINE The newspaper's driver returns from his brothers well-known restaurant, Green Park Paradise, with samosas and other snacks for the reporters. He tells them he has spotted small bonfires in the crowded alleys of Green Park, and that the demonstrators are getting more and more agitated Half an hour later, the phone rings. a man on the phone says that he is a green Park resident, but refuses to give his name. His message is the following Things are getting out of control. Fighting has erupted in the streets. The policemen have gone mad, because one of their colleagues has been killed in Green Park. They have called in reinforcements and have started to clear the area near the paradise restaurant People have been arrested and taken away--even children, including my niece, and she is only eleven Lesson 3(b):5 minutes to come up with an action plan, in groups, as outlined in instructions below 5 What to do now? Immediate decisions are needed. Your readers expect to be informed. Discuss five minutes and decide what goes into the main Green Park story in tomorrow's paper. Take notes) Lesson 3(c):10 minutes to draw up list, in plenary, of the four groups'action plans No critique. 10 (NB: This list should be left on blackboard through subsequent ethical debate in"Freedonia-5 and introduction of Freedonia-6, when errors of judgment, if any, will become apparent) Main points of lesson 3: (1) Quick decisions must be made and priorities decided upon when a story is breaking (2) How do you know what you think you know? Don t jump to conclusions based on unreliable evidence8 Lesson 3(a): 10 minutes to present “Freedonia-3,” below: 10 FREEDONIA - 3 LATER IN THE NEWSROOM, AFTER THE THONKA PRESS CONFERENCE. ONE HOUR BEFORE DEADLINE. The newspaper’s driver returns from his brother’s well-known restaurant, Green Park Paradise, with somosas and other snacks for the reporters. He tells them he has spotted small bonfires in the crowded alleys of Green Park, and that the demonstrators are getting more and more agitated. Half an hour later, the phone rings. A man on the phone says that he is a Green Park resident, but refuses to give his name. His message is the following: “Things are getting out of control. Fighting has erupted in the streets. The policemen have gone mad, because one of their colleagues has been killed in Green Park. They have called in reinforcements and have started to clear the area near the Paradise restaurant. People have been arrested and taken away -- even children, including my niece, and she is only eleven!” Lesson 3(b): 5 minutes to come up with an action plan, in groups, as outlined in instructions below. 5 What to do now? Immediate decisions are needed. Your readers expect to be informed. Discuss five minutes and decide what goes into the main Green Park story in tomorrow’s paper. (Take notes). Lesson 3(c): 10 minutes to draw up list, in plenary, of the four groups’ action plans. No critique. 10 (NB: This list should be left on blackboard through subsequent ethical debate in “Freedonia-5” and introduction of “Freedonia-6,” when errors of judgment, if any, will become apparent). Main points of Lesson 3: (1) Quick decisions must be made and priorities decided upon when a story is breaking. (2) How do you know what you think you know? Don’t jump to conclusions based on unreliable evidence