Wednesday, March 07, 2018

Wednesday, March 7

During Class:

Recommended Publications for News Articles:

High quality sources that tend to have more balanced coverage:
1.  NPR News

2. New York Times

3. Christian Science Monitor

4. Reuters

5. Wall Street Journal

6. The Economist

7. Bangor Daily News

8. Portland Press Herald

Sources that reflect more political bias:
9. The New Republic

10. Utne Reader

11. Fox News

Sources that present both sides:
12. Pro/Con.org

13. Issues & Controversies

14. Newsela (Class code is XMTXDT)

Assignment for Friday, March 9:
Read and annotate "The Argument Culture" (article)

Assignment for Monday, March 12:
1. Complete the Potential Topic List Exercise by listing 5 articles (include source information, a one sentence summary, and a potential question for each).

2. Decide on a topic/issue for Portfolio 2 – refer to the research topic criteria discussed in class to make sure your topic is a good fit.

3. Read pages 345-349 in the handbook.


No comments: