Sufficient details would normally be available in news items of 15 or more column inches. If the item is availble electronically post its URL and a few sentences about the items implications for the course on the Class Bulletin Board. If the article is from a print source, print out, clip, or xerox the item and staple it on a page. At the back of the page write your name. Also write a couple of sentences on the relevance of the item to course concepts, or how the course allows you to understand the news item, or what the implications of the news are.
Students bring the news item and comments to class for discussion.
At the beginning of each class I randomly review Bulletin Board news item postings, or ask a few students to describe their selected news item and comment on its strategic significance. I collect these news items at the end of each class. This article from the Boston Globe explains how you can determine why your Internet access is slow and Web sites are taking so long to down load. Essential tool for serious surfers. Getting students to Ping and Trace Route to Web sites is an interesting class exercise too.