Beauty Pageants: At Issue II

After reading and re-reading the informational book Beauty Pageants: At Issue, I started to find the various amount of authors interesting.  In my last post, I explained in great detail the set-up of the book which basically involves sixteen chapters, each written by a different person.  The purpose of this is to allow the reader to … Continue reading →

Beauty Pageants: At Issue

The Greenhaven Press creates a combination of many points of views in their book Beauty Pageants: At Issue.  It is composed of 16 chapters.  Each one is written by a separate author and is written on a different topic.  The perspectives are varied and the opinions cover every angle of the controversial topic. The first author starts … Continue reading →

Newton School Shooting Motive Puzzles Investigators

As cliché as it may seem, I decided to write my entry on the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting that happened last Friday.  I looked to John Christoffersen’s and Matt Apuzzo’s Huffington Post article Newton School Shooting Motive Puzzles Investigators as a reference to the media reaction to the tragedy.  The article was the standard format with … Continue reading →

When Daily Stress Gets in the Way of Life

Jane E. Brody from the New York Times explores a common trait amongst all human beings in her article When Daily Stress Gets in the Way of Life.  She organizes her article on stress in a very unique way.  Brody choose a personal antidote as an introduction to the article.  The purpose of setting the … Continue reading →

Convicted pimp sentenced to life in prison

Annie Sweeney from the Chicago Tribune wrote an analytical article on the pimp game in Chicago in Convicted pimp sentenced to life in prison.  Unfortunately, stories like these are not new, giving the article the potential to be cliché in topic and style.  Sweeney, however, looked far enough into this story to reveal the twist … Continue reading →

What happens when a woman is denied an abortion?

Sarah Kliff from The Washington Post writes What happens when a woman is denied an abortion? as an investigative report.  She sets up the information for the article in a very organized manner.  First Kliff details what the common american knows about an abortion and what the media reports about it.  Then, she declares what … Continue reading →

FBI Scrutinized on Petraeus

Three writers from the Wall Street Journal, Evan Perez, Siobahn Gorman, and Devilin Barrett, worked together to compose the informational article FBI Scrutinized on Petraeus.  The report was conducted in a formal manner.  Starting with the structure, the piece went in chronological order.  All of the events were told step by step.  The purpose for … Continue reading →

Anti-bullying effort gets push-back from evangelical groups

In the middle of a heated political campaign, Mix-It-Up is trying to teach the kids of America to not be such bullies.  Bonnie Miller Rubin of the Chicago Tribune reports on that organization in Anti-bullying effort gets push-back from evangelical groups. As the title suggests,  some people are not thrilled about the eleven-year-old program circulating through schools. … Continue reading →

Giant Steps for Dance in Los Angeles

New York times writer Brooks Barnes explores the opposite coast of the country in Giant Steps for Dance in Los Angeles.  Being a dancer, I already knew that L.A. is not the hot spot for ballet.  Miami, Toronto, Chicago, and of course New York are the big players in this field.  Nevertheless, I was surprised … Continue reading →