For the two assignments, just basically accessed to a news website(e.g., The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, New York Times) or watching/listening to a news broadcast (Comedy channel is not considered one).
You may also find a peer reviewed article published during the last years to write a summary and submit it as an e-Portfolio assignment. It should be noted that e-Portfolio assignment should be related to the topics:
Topic 1. Communicating Across Cultures
Topic 2: Formulating Strategy
Just find a related news from the news website that related to each topic, and then just summarize into about 300 words, so for topic one, you should find a new about Communicating Across Cultures and then write a summary, and then find another news to write a summary about Formulating Strategy.