JOUR 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: The New York Times, Maggie Haberman, Model Checking
9 May 2018
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JOUR 302-Lecture #3
Class To-Do’s:
1. Bell Work: What do you know about scholarly articles? What are they? Their elements?
2. Distribute “Source Credibility” handout.
3. Model checking source credibility through D.A.C.A.: General news article, scholarly
article
4. Students complete front side of handout and show to me. (most of class spent
individually working)
For Tuesday:
Students complete back of “Source Credibility” handout, then share with a partner and
give feedback.
5. Before leaving, write a paragraph reflecting on your learning: What new insight about
research have you gained from today’s exercises?
6. Finish “Source Credibility” handout.
Scholarly Articles:
• Usually peer reviewed
• Always provides sources
• Research
Why wouldn’t it be credible?
• Politics
• Bias
• If professors from all over are publishing them, then not every single article is going to
have flawless research.
Conducting research on non-credible sources?
• Your research would be worth nothing.
The NY Times Article: Trump Says He is Open to a Path to Citizenship for ‘Dreamers”
• It is a news piece
• Source: The New York Times
• Audience: People interested in politics
• Author: Maggie Haberman, Katie Rogers, Michael D. Shear
o Make sure you look into each author and what they cover and focus on in their
past articles
• Argument: Trump is changing his mind
• Is the author able to cite any sources?
