Local:
A River Prone to Flooding, and Misunderstanding
Verdict: Craigslist killer planned to murder
National:
Obama Sets New Afghan Strategy
After holding tight to GM’s helm, CEO Wagoner forced out as part of government turnaround plan
World:
China Vies to Be World’s Leader in Electric Cars
Living just a few hours from Fargo, the Red River flooding has been a big deal. I was talking to a friend of mine who goes to NDSU and they’ve been out of school for 3 weeks due to flooding. This particular article is focusing on the river beginning to recede. Like most NY Times articles, the lead didn’t exactly follow the formats that we’ve talked about in class. It was more of an attention-grabber. I tried to pay close attention to attributions and sourcing and took note of a variety of different sources and types of attribution. Some were clearly on the record and attributed to a person whereas some were not entirely on the record and rather for attribution or background, such as ‘scientists’. There was also a lot of information that Kirk Johnson most likely didn’t know off the top of his head. He was able to use a lot of gathered information as background.