JOUR 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Medline
9 May 2018
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JOUR 302-Lecture #14
Turn in your news post and get your private organization paper handout.
March 15th, 2018
1. Review public vs. private and OpenSecrets.org
2. Write assumptions in step 1.
3. Independently, gather information for #3-6. OUTLINE the information- don’t write the
text yet.
4. Show me before moving on to #7-8.
5. When you finish, find a partner who also is finished. Exchange papers and discuss how
thorough, exhaustive, and thoughtful the paper is.
Due Tuesday after Spring Break- Completed paper
• Exhaustive: went through all resources, you have exhausted all options
• Thorough: complete, detailed
Open Secrets
• Private companies-invest privately, stock market
• Public- invest more publicly, public can see
➢ Company: Medline
o Lobbyists
➢ Koch Industries
o Summary-Second largest company in the US
o Totals
o Recipients
o Congressional Committees
o Lobbying
o News
Why are these sections important to consider?
• You would want to know all of this information
• Who are they giving donations to- will tell you their interests, who they support
politically
• What political leaders are investing in this company? – their motives are founded in
their business
• Political leaders would help money concerns-tax policies
Document Summary
Turn in your news post and get your private organization paper handout. March 15th, 2018: review public vs. private and opensecrets. org, write assumptions in step 1, independently, gather information for #3-6. Outline the information- don"t write the text yet: show me before moving on to #7-8, when you finish, find a partner who also is finished. Exchange papers and discuss how thorough, exhaustive, and thoughtful the paper is. Due tuesday after spring break- completed paper: exhaustive: went through all resources, you have exhausted all options, thorough: complete, detailed. Open secrets: private companies-invest privately, stock market, public- invest more publicly, public can see. Koch industries: summary-second largest company in the us, totals, recipients, congressional committees, lobbying, news.
