Unit Award Scheme

demonstrated the ability to

1. identify a local, national and international news story in a newspaper

2. participate in a debate about a current affairs issue putting forward at least two original ideas or arguments

shown knowledge of

3. what is meant by bias in reporting and how to read critically to identify it

4. at least two current affairs in the UK in the last two weeks

5. what fake news means and one way to spot it

experienced

6. a discussion about what makes something newsworthy.