Amy McDonald @ The Times

Annotated biliography

Name:Amy L. McDonald

Source #1 Bibliography

(MLA or APA)

Colville, Liz. "A Newspaper Turns into a Blog, and Other Experiments in Online Journalism." A Newspaper Turns into a Blog, and Other Experiments in Online Journalism. Finding Dulcinea, 10 Mar. 2009. Web. 22 Jan. 2016.

Annotation:

 Many of the large newspaper corporations have shut down, or lessened staff.

Many have gone to only online versions, like the Christian Science Monitor.

This source contains descriptions of the closings of newspapers, background information on why this happens, and what some of the greatest minds in journalism are prospecting will happen. Young people in the profession are looking for ways to reach their generation through a slew of different technological ways.

Potential Quotes:

“Newspapers must work together in order to survive, argues David Carr in a March 8 article in The New York Times.”

“Giving customers more of what they want, including social networks and personalized and user-generated content, could be a boon for newspapers, suggests Olga Kharif in BusinessWeek.”

“Newspaper publishers are pondering online-only offerings, paid online subscriptions, smaller staff and other innovative offerings. Many have already implemented one or several of them in an attempt to speak to the fact that, concurrent with the recession, advertisers and customers are moving online.”

Assessment:

This is a credible source because it was found on an internet search engine for students. It quotes credible sources within the field of journalism, and takes an objective look at the subject, offering very little bias, as good journalism is supposed to do.

Reflection:

I will use this source to help present the issue at hand, explaining why newspapers need to make the jump to the 21st century. This will show that the issue goes beyond just Gainesville, but is an international crisis, that many are trying to solve. Bringing to light the problem can help solve it.

http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/business/2009/march/A-Newspaper-Turns-into-a-Blog--and-Other-Experiments-in-Online-Journalism.html

 Source #2 Bibliography

Pape, Katy. "Millennials and Print Newspapers: A Surprising Story." NPR. NPR, 2 June 2012. Web. 13 Mar. 2016.

Annotation

This source is all about how millenials do actually relate and interact with print newspapers. The article has many statistics regarding this event, and it provides all the sources of where they gathered this information. The big, main point in article is that print newspapers are not as largely ignored by millenials as many think. There is an interesting conclusion at the end, which states that the data shows that young people who are "keyed into civic life" tend to read print newspapers at a higher frequency than their less civic-minded conterparts.

Potential Quotes:

"recent Pew State of the News Media study notes that 23% of people aged 18-24 reported reading a newspaper yesterday."

"52% of them are getting their hands (and eyes) on a newspaper at least once a month and up to fourteen times a month."
"Heavy readers are also more than twice as likely to be considered "Influentials," meaning people who participate in three or more public engagement activities every year (such as writing a letter to an elected official, running for public office, or attending a public meeting). These young adults are keyed into civic life and, in a crowded media marketplace, apparently prioritize carving out time to read a print newspaper."

Assessment:

This source is credible because the article comes from NPR, a reliable news source. Also, the writer is a millenial herself, thus is able to understand the generation and look for patterns other older writers might not.

Reflection:

I will use this source to be a main point in my research, that millenials aren't as disinterested in civil life and selfish as the older generations paint us to be. The statistics in this article, from both NPR and Pew Research Center can be used to bolster the logos side of my argument to appeal to the logic that not all hope is lost for newspapers in the coming decades.