What Makes a Person's Life Newsworthy?

1. Carli Opening Moment

2. Discuss NPR report:

• What question are you exploring?
• Who will your expert be?
• Who will you poll? How much class time?

3. What are some reasons people might be in a news story? Discuss.

4. Read article: "Against All Odds, A Beautiful Life" and consider the following:

1. Who is the main subject of this article?
2. What details, anecdotes and accounts from other people illustrate the subject’s personality?
3. What overall impression do you have of Maurice Mannion-Vanover from the article? What gives you that impression?
4. Why do you think this article was published in The New York Times?
5. If you were to write a more in-depth profile or obituary for Maurice Mannion-Vanover, which details from this article would you include? What additional information would you need to find out? Which people do you think you would interview to get this information?