Overview

The purpose of this assignment is to help students get a better understanding of their issue. Students are to choose 3 news articles that are related to their topic and summarized them. Articles should be recent, no older than 18 months. These sources must also be reliable and non-bias (no opinion pieces, op-ed, blogs, letters to the editor, personal stories).

Reliable sources include NPR, the Atlantic, Associated Press, BBC News, LA Times, New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Sacramento Bee, Modesto Bee. If students are not sure if their source is reliable, they may email me the article and I will let them know if it is.

Format and Help:

For this assignment, students are to use MLA format (PLEASE INCLUDE URL).

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How to cite:

Last, First M. Article Title. Website Title. Website Publisher, Date Month Year Published. URL. Date Month Year Accessed.

Example:

Itkowitz, Colby. American Muslims Grieve for the Victims like Any other Human Being Raise More than $ 170,000 for San Bernardino Families. The Washington Post. The Washington Post. 10 December 2015. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2015/12/10/american-muslims-grieve-for-the-victims-like-any-other-human-being-raise-more-than-170000-for-san-bernardino-families/. 12 December 2015

Here is an example of how your assignment should look like: annotated bib.docx  Download annotated bib.docx 

The MJC Librarian has also created a guide to help you on this assignment. Click here to check it out.