3/27/09

Local:

http://www.twincities.com/ci_12006929?source=most_viewed

http://www.twincities.com/ci_12006117?source=most_viewed

National:

http://www.startribune.com/politics/41966577.html?elr=KArks:DCiUMEaPc:UiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUr

http://www.startribune.com/projects/41830152.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aU1yDEmP:QMDCinchO7DU

International:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7968087.stm

“Red River Valley Flooding 2009″

This article was about the recent flooding that has been going on in Fargo and Moorehead. The article is quite informative on what the weather is looking like, how much flooding is going on and what the citizens of Fargo and Moorehead are doing in preparation of more flooding. It wasn’t an article where they just interviewed one person about how the flood is effecting their lives but instead its giving the rest of the country a heads up on everything that is going on such as how much sandbags they have, what the weathers service is saying about the future weather and just the precautions that the citizens are taking. In this article there is a lot of credibility. Everytime the writer states a fact, he tells us exactly where he got his information from. The writer uses a lot of statistics to give more of an impact to how serious this situation really is.

Blog post 3/5/09

Local: http://www.twincities.com/stpaul/ci_11839941?nclick_check=1

http://www.twincities.com/stpaul/ci_11838306

National: http://www.startribune.com/nation/40785547.html?elr=KArks:DCiUMEaPc:UiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUr

http://www.startribune.com/local/40789082.html?elr=KArks:DCiUMEaPc:UiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUr

International: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7925578.stm

The first article that I posted was in my opinion written well but I think it was choppy and short. The writer of this article had all his/her basic questions in with short but clear answers. One thing I noticed was that there wasn’t any unnecessary information and he got right to the point. The headline of the article got my attention quickly because of the wording he used, the only thing that confused me was the word “rebuffed” only because I don’t know that word. But the way he used it I could assume that it meant rejected. Everytime there was a quote or some evidence of the information, it gave us exactly where the information came, giving it credibility.