Putin’s Russia Newspaper - Reporting Brief - Assignment

Sep 11, 2026

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New York-based newspaper reporting brief centered on Russian affairs from 1999 onward, focusing on major developments during Vladimir Putin’s presidency. The task is to research and compile a series of articles explaining how Putin changed Russia, evaluating whether those changes benefited or harmed Russia and the world, and forecasting Russia’s likely future direction. Required sections include pieces on Russia’s relationship with the West, political opposition, expanding influence (including Georgia and Ukraine) with a picture or map, an obituary for one of three named figures, an editorial opinion supported by facts, and two political cartoons symbolizing Russia today, each with clear WHO/WHAT/WHERE/WHEN/WHY/HOW coverage.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryPresentations

FormatPDF

Pages4

Reading Time2 min

AccessFree to download

Required newspaper sections

Russia and the West (with picture)

Political opposition in Russia (with picture)

Expanding influence and regional wars (with picture and/or map)

Obituary (Anna Politkovskaya, Alexander Litvinenko, or Boris Nemtsov)

Editorial on Russia since Putin came to power

Political cartoons symbolizing Russia today

Publication requirements

Newspaper title, date, and writer name

Location for each article

WHO/WHAT/WHERE/WHEN/WHY/HOW coverage

Article format: 4–5 mini paragraphs per article

Optional extra credit: use actual quotes and add extra story/editorial

Putin’s Russia Newspaper You are a newspaper reporter based in New York focusing on Russian affairs. Russia has gone through a lot of changes since Vladimir Putin took over as president in late 1999. It is your job to explain to the world some of the major developments that Russia has experienced over the last decade, and predict where Russia is going. By researching Putin’s Russia from 1999 to today, as well as reading the “Tsar Putin?” article and the “Is Russia still a world power?” article, it is your job to write a series of articles about the most important newsworthy events that have been occurring in Russia. Use the readings from class, as well as your own research, to write and compile your articles. Your overall focus should be based on the following: how has Putin changed Russia? do the changes positively or negatively affect Russia and the world? where is Russia headed in the future? As a reporter, you are to have the following parts to your newspaper: 􀁸 an article on Russia’s relationship with the West (ex. the US, EU, or NATO) with a corresponding picture 􀁸 an article about the political opposition in Russia (ex. Garry Kasparov) with a corresponding picture 􀁸 an article on Russia’s expanding influence over the past decade, including the wars in Georgia and Ukraine, with a corresponding picture and/or map 􀁸 an obituary for Anna Politkovskaya, Alexander Litvinenko, or Boris Nemtsov with a corresponding picture o an obituary is an article that is written about a person who has passed away, so you should discuss what made their life significant and important, and the details of their death 􀁸 an editorial about your feelings about Russia since Putin came to power o an editorial is where you state your opinion about an issue, but you need to back up your opinion with facts and details 􀁸 two (2) political cartoons that symbolize Russia today You need to use Google Docs, which has a number of great templates that you can choose from. To access these templates, type “Google newspaper template” into a Google search. The first option that pops up showing Google newspaper templates is what you should click on. [https://www.google.com/search?q=google](https://www.google.com/search?q=google)+newspaper+template&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 Requirements: 􀁸 title and date for your newspaper 􀁸 where each article is written 􀁸 title of each article 􀁸 your name as the writer for each article 􀁸 articles should provide the answers to the questions WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN , WHY, and HOW? - Who is the main person the story is about? - What has happened to him? - Where did the event take place? - When did it happen? - Why did it happen? - How did it take place? 􀁸 Each article should include 4-5 mini paragraphs (2-3 sentences each) 􀁸 EXTRA CREDIT: use actual quotes in your story and/or write an extra story or editorial Examples of Layouts

FAQs

What are the formatting and documentation requirements?

The newspaper must have a title and date, each article must include where it is written and the writer’s name, and you should compile everything in Google Docs using an appropriate Google newspaper template.

Sep 11, 2026

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