Students are required to find a recent hard news story in any media and identify someone who has been impacted by the story. For example, if the government announces tax cuts for single mothers, students would find a mother and talk to her about what the change meant to her. The case study should include a paragraph or two relating to the original news story in order to provide context. A COPY OF THE NEWS STORY or its URL should be included with the assignment.

Students are required to find a recent hard news story in any media and identify someone who has been impacted by the story. For example, if the government announces tax cuts for single mothers, students would find a mother and talk to her about what the change meant to her. The case study should include a paragraph or two relating to the original news story in order to provide context. A COPY OF THE NEWS STORY or its URL should be included with the assignment.
In the self reflection students should answer the following questions at a minimum:
1. Why did you choose the case study you did?
2. How did you locate your central character?
3. On what basis do you claim the person is appropriate?
4. What were the single best and worst decisions you made and why do you say so?
5. If you were to do the assignment again what would you do differently?

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