- Select 45 to 45 photographs from a magazine or national newspaper. Note you need to reproduce 40 photos for each of the small groups. You will therefore either need to buy several copies of the newspaper from which you have chosen the photographs or you will need a photocopier for copying.
- Display one of the photo stacks on a table.

Instruction:

1. Explain the activity to the participants. Explain that this activity is a simulation of an evening in a newspaper office, where a group of journalists will work on the front page of a newspaper. Although the newspapers will be local newspapers for the local community, each has a responsibility to inform its readers about current global issues, including human rights.
2. Divide the participants into small groups of eight people each to work together. Each small group should imagine that they are the editorial group of a different newspaper. Their task is to design and plan the front page of the morning edition of the next day's newspaper.
3. Each group should come up with a name for their newspaper.
4. In the plenary session, discuss the characteristics and appearance of the front page of a standard newspaper.
5. Show the photographs to the participants. Ask them to walk around the table in silence and analyse the photos. They should not comment at this stage. Tell them that these are the images they will work on. They can use and interpret them as they wish.
6. The editorial groups can start working now. Distribute paper, pens, glue and scissors to each group. Do not give out the photographs yet.
7. Go over the descriptions. They have one hour to come up with four or five newsworthy stories. They have to present these stories by writing headlines, selecting photographs and designing the page. Explain that they do not have to write long articles. A headline and two lines following it will be enough. They should concentrate on the impact of the first page rather than conveying the story in fine detail. Suggest that they first discuss the topic of their news item. Tell them that the photographs from the "print section" will arrive in ten minutes.
8. After the groups have worked for ten minutes, hand out the stacks of photographs.
9. After the editorial groups have completed the first page, display the newspapers for everyone to read. Then move on to the evaluation section.

Analysing and Evaluating:

Firstly, review the activity. Then discuss media, human rights issues and taking responsibility.
- How did the groups organise their work? How did they make decisions about how to organise the work and which stories to include? Did everyone feel that they participated and contributed?
- How did the participants decide on the topics to work on? Did they prioritise the topic or the picture? In other words, did they first identify the topic and then choose the most appropriate picture to illustrate it, or were they influenced by a picture and created a story accordingly?
- Which topics were presented? Were any of them related to human rights issues? Was there a topic that anyone wanted to cover but had to be left off the page?
- What distinguishes the front pages of the newspapers from each other? Were the same themes or photographs used?
- Did different groups use the same images differently?
- How do the participants follow the news? From newspapers, television, radio or internet? Why do they follow the news or not?
- In this simulation, did the participants try to imitate a real front page? Or did they try to make it different? What were the differences that emerged?
- In real life, what kind of news dominates the media agenda?
- Are human rights issues adequately covered in the news?
- One of the important points of discussion regarding the media is the "impartiality" of the media. Do participants think that news can be presented in an impartial manner?
- Which human rights themes were on the front page?
- What impressions do participants have of young people living in different parts of the world?
- Were there any important issues missing from the photo deck?