M3 KA2 asks you to examine one event through three different media channels and compare the coverage. Today you choose that event and lock in three sources that are genuinely different forms, not three versions of the same thing.
This brief is preparation for M3 KA2, not the full Key Assignment itself. The comparison pack is built in the next lessons. By the end you will have written your KA2 Event Brief: that is the only Communication Portfolio artefact from today, and it is the non-negotiable output. Shortlist and sift stay as working notes.
Three sources only count for KA2 if they are different forms, not three outlets of the same kind.
| Term | What it means for you | Real example |
|---|---|---|
| Media channel: the form or place a story appears | You need three forms, not three newspapers | Radio bulletin, newspaper website, short social video |
| Coverage: how that channel presents the event | What it stresses, skips, and how it sounds or looks | Ninety seconds on radio versus nine paragraphs online |
| Event brief: your plan for the comparison | Names the event, three sources, and why each form differs | A one-page setup before the workshops |
Here is the test in action. A flood that closed a town's main street, covered as an evening TV news report, a phone-in on local radio the next morning, and the front page of the printed local paper: three forms. The same flood in three radio news bulletins: one form three times. That second set does not count. Send it back and find a real trio.
Build a shortlist of events you could track. Under each promising candidate, jot two or three channels and a findable label for each one (outlet plus rough date, a headline, or a link if you have it), not only the form word. Aim for more candidates than you need, then you will cut hard in the next step. These are working notes only; the Portfolio piece comes later when you write the brief.
How to find coverage: search the event's name with a form word (radio, video, report); look through the news pages of local radio and newspaper websites, where older pieces stay online; and search the event or the place on the social platforms you use.
The list is not saved when you leave this page, so copy your best two or three candidates into the box below.
Before you write the brief, practise the cut. Start with two practice sets (one that should pass, one that should fail), then apply the same test to your own shortlist and keep only one event. Extra practice sets are optional if you have time. For the event you keep, lock three named sources with a note on where you will open each one again. The sample sets are practice only; your cut and source lock are the working notes you carry forward.
First check your three locked sources from Sift (name, form, reopen path). Then write your KA2 Event Brief: name the event, list the three sources that are different forms, and say in one sentence each why the form differs.
Write the brief, check it against the marks, and tighten any weak form reason. The shortlist and sift practice stay as working notes; only this brief goes in the Communication Portfolio as m3_l71_ka2_event_brief_<initials>. This brief is preparation for M3 KA2: the full comparison pack is built in the next lessons; today you only lock the event and three forms.
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