Final Project Source Notes (4)

Source Notes (4): Health Care Now

Title: Health Care Now

Summary: This is more of an opinion than a news article but states that this is no time to let campaign promises of guaranteed health care be quietly forgotten. The author thinks we [Americans] need to push for health care now.

Topic: Universal health care

Category: Journalistic

What is it?: A news article from the web version of the New York Times.

Publication Information: The New York Times, January 29, 2009

Author: Paul Krugman

Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/opinion/30krugman.html?ref=opinion

Accessed: January 29, 2009

Support:

Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of Staff; F.D.R. (Franklin Roosevelt); Bill Clinton; Barney Frank, the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee.

Audience and Agenda: This is the second time so far that I have used the web version of the New York Times as a source because I think it’s a reliable one and it always has up-to-date information, such as this article.

Usefulness: As I said before, this article was full of opinions, which I like to read about so I can get an idea of what other people are thinking about this issue. I found it somewhat useful but don’t know if I will use it for my final project, especially because I did find it to be a little bias.

Works cited:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/opinion/30krugman.html?ref=opinion

Krugman, Paul. “Health Care Now.” Opinion. 29 Jan. 2009. The New York Times. 29 Jan. 2009 <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/opinion/30krugman.html?ref=opinion&gt;.

Final Project Source Notes (3)

Source Notes (3): Barack Obama’s Agenda Stuck in the Muddle

Title: Barack Obama’s Agenda Stuck in the Muddle

Summary: This short newspaper article is about how many people felt motivated and excited for what was to come in the future from our new president after the inaugural speech and how some people were left unsatisfied. (The article was found through the University of Oregon’s library database.)

Topic: Should the U.S. Government provide health care to all Americans?

Category: Journalistic

What is it?: A news article from the web version of the Oregonian.

Publication Information: The Oregonian, January 24, 2009, Portland, OR

Author: Paul Krugman

Location: http://0-www.lexisnexis.com.janus.uoregon.edu/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?start=1&sort=BOOLEAN&format=GNBFI&risb=21_T5651629069

Accessed: January 29, 2009

Support:

President Barack Obama, the New York Times, John Maynard Keynes, Herbert Hoover

President Barack Obama was mentioned often throughout the entire news story; Paul Krugman is the author of this story, which came from the New York Times originally; John Maynard Keynes wrote some great words that were quoted in this article, while the world was going into the great depression; Herbert Hoover was mentioned while the author of this story was discussing the great depression because Hoover had to make some unpleasant decisions.

Audience and Agenda: The Oregonian is a reliable source, especially if I want to read something local. I like seeing what Oregonians think and have to say about the universal health care issue.

Usefulness: Overall, I did not seem to find exactly what I was looking for in this article. There was some good information but I’m not sure I would use it for my final project.

Works Cited:

http://0-www.lexisnexis.com.janus.uoregon.edu/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?start=1&sort=BOOLEAN&format=GNBFI&risb=21_T5651629069

Krugman, Paul. “Barack Obama’s Agenda Stuck in the Muddle.”  LexisNexis Academic. 24 Jan. 2009. University of Oregon. 29 Jan. 2009 <http://o-www.lexisnexis.com.janus.uoregon.edu/us/lnacademid/results/docview/docview.do?start=1&sort=BOOLEAN&format=GNBFI&risb=21_T5651629069&gt;.

Final Project Source Notes (2)

Source Notes (2): Relief Seen for Jobless and States in Health Care Plan

Title: Relief Seen for Jobless and States in Health Care Plan

Summary: This is a news article about House Democrats creating a temporary new entitlement allowing workers getting unemployment checks to qualify for Medicaid, the health program for the poor.

Topic: Universal Health Care

Category: Journalistic

What is it?: A news article from the web version of the New York Times.

Publication Information: The New York Times, January 27, 2009,

Author: Robert Pear

Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/28/us/28health.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=Obama%27s%20health%20care%20plan&st=cse

Accessed: January 29, 2009

Support:

House Democrats; Representative Michael C. Burgees, Republican of Texas; Democrat Anna G. Eshoo, Democrat of California; Representative Pete Stark, Democrat of California.

Audience and Agenda: Many people, including myself, think of the New York Times as one of the most reliable newspapers you can read because it’s very credible. However, it leans more toward a liberal standpoint and can tend to be a little bias sometimes, depending on the matter.

Usefulness: This story was very useful to me because it was very up-to-date about this new bill. As I mentioned above, the New York Times tends to be a bit liberal but I like that the article had republican viewpoints as well.

Works cited:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/28/us/28health.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=Obama%27s%20health%20care%20plan&st=cse

Pear, Robert. “Relief Seen for Jobless and States in Health Care Plan.” U.S. 27 Jan. 2009. The New York Times. 29 Jan. 2009 <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/28/us/28health.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=Obama%27s%20health%20care%20plan&st=cse&gt;.

Final Project Source Notes (1)

Source Notes (1): Should the Government Provide Universal Health Care to All Americans?

Title: Should the Government Provide Universal Health Care to All Americans?

Summary: This website is all about the pros and cons of universal health care and the facts and statistics that go with it. I found this information to be very helpful, in a balanced, political manner.

Topic: Universal health care

Category: Journalistic

What is it?: A web site about the pros and cons of universal health care.

Title: Should the Government Provide Universal Health Care to All Americans?

Publication Information: balancedpolitics.org, December 18, 2008

Author: Joe Messerli

Location: http://www.balancedpolitics.org/universal_health_care.htm

Accessed: January 28, 2009

Support:

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Department of Transportation, Social Security Administration, Department of Education, Department of Motor Vehicles; All of the administrations and companies  listed here were being compared and contrasted in the “cons” part of the website on why universal health care would be a negative thing to do for the economy.

Former president George W. Bush; Bush was mentioned in the “cons” part of this website as well, mentioning that even he was not about to fix this major problem we [America] are facing … skyrocketing, record-breaking debt levels  in these spending programs, such as education spending, unemployment insurance, social security, and now, universal health care.

Audience and Agenda: As I mentioned above, this website is all about balancing the pros and cons of political issues, such as health care, same-sex marriage, death penalty, social security, immigration, minimum wage, and so much more. I think this website is good for people who are moderate in the political world, such as myself. It’s not bias on one side or the other and gives out some reliable information.

Usefulness: It’s no lie that health care prices are sky-high and it seems to be getting worse with the growing economy losing jobs. This website lists the facts and discusses what could come out of universal health care to all Americans. I found this website very useful and will definitely be using some of the information from it for my final project.

Works Cited:

http://www.balancedpolitics.org/universal_health_care.htm#yes

Messerli, Joe. “Should the Government Provide Free Universal Health Care for All Americans?” 18 Dec. 2008. http://www.balancedpolitics.org. 28 Jan. 2009 <http://balancedpolitics.org/universal_health_care.htm&gt;.

Obama’s Inaugural Speech

Source Note: Obama’s Inaugural Speech

Title: Obama’s Inaugural Speech

Summary: On January 20, 2009, over 2 million people gathered in Washington, D.C. to watch President Barack Obama give his inaugural speech.

Topic: Universal health care

Category: Institutional (Government)

What is it? President Obama’s inaugural transcript

Title: Obama’s Inaugural Speech

Publication Information: http://www.cnn.com, January 20, 2009.

Author: Barack Obama

Location: http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/20/obama.politics/

Accessed: January 29, 2009

Support: George W. Bush; words of scripture (biblical); the risk-takers, doers, and makers of things; America’s founding fathers; George Washington.

Obama first started his address in thanking George Bush for his services as the 43rd president. Obama then stated a biblical scripture, meaning that we all need to set aside our differences as Americans and work together to achieve our goals. I thought is was moving to hear him say a thanks to the “risk-takers, doers, and makers of things,” meaning America would not be what it is today if we didn’t have those types of people. At the end of his speech, he mentioned our nation’s founding fathers and of course, George Washington, the first president of the United States, because he wanted to say that we all have the same history and we might not be here without them.

Source Analysis: As I searched the internet for Obama’s inaugural speech, it was not difficult to find–the transcript or video. In fact, every major network (cnn, foxnews, msnbc, abc, etc.) had it readily available. I chose CNN because it is a very reliable source.

Usefulness: Obviously this speech was planned to go out to every single person in our nation so the topics Barack Obama mentioned were somewhat vague. He did touch on a few topics, however, such as costly health care, job loss, failure of schools, and the fear of our planet.

Works Cited:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/20/obama.politics/

Obama, Barack H. “Obama’s Inaugural Speech.” The 44th President Inauguration. 20 Jan. 2009. http://www.CNN.com. 29 Jan. 2009 <http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/20/obama.politics/&gt;.

Obama’s Historical Speech

When I watched Barack Obama’s inauguration speech again today online, I really felt inspired. In my own opinion, this speech was very powerful and had some amazing messages in it. My topic is focusing on if the Obama and Biden administration should provide health care for all people in the United States. It’s a very conflicting issue but very realistic. I have done some research on this topic and found that the U.S. is the only wealthy and industrialized nation that does not have universal health care. Of course there are many opinions from different people all across the country but it’s on the agenda for the Obama Biden Administration, according to http://www.change.gov. It’s no lie that health care is sky high in price and the U.S. Government wants to make that free to the people of America. Of course, nothing is free, which means our taxes are going to be higher to pay for the doctor visits of those who are in need of health care. The one thing Obama did mention about health care was he will raise health care’s quality and lower it’s cost. Yes, it is vague, but that simple sentence says a lot to our nation.

The main reasons Obama wants to go on with providing health care to all is there are over 40 million uninsured citizens, it’s been extremely difficult on businesses because of the cost, free medical services would encourage preventive medicine and inquire about problems early when treatment will be light. There are other positive things that go with this, but there are always cons to this issue as well. Some of the negatives on this issue is the wait to see a doctor will be a very long time, the cost of drugs will most likely be several times more than what it is now, because it’s free to the people which means more taxes we have to pay. There is so much more to this topic and that’s just a small piece of it.

Legacy Broadcast

In class today, a group of students and I were assigned to focus on the inauguration through legacy broadcast. This means to pay attention to the live feeds on CNN, ABC, CBS, FOX, MSNBC, etc. I focused mostly on CNN.com. It was interesting to watch the live feed, because CNN was going through Facebook so people (especially the youth of America) could comment as they were watching this while being at work or school, such as myself. I thought this was a really good idea for CNN to do, because they know they will bring in more of a broader audience that way. I also checked out ABC and they did a decent job covering this historic day as well. It seems like they covered everything, including interviewing the reactions to the millions of people who came to Washington D.C. to experience this historical day.

However, I found most of these networks to be slightly vague on what they were reporting. For example, they weren’t really talking about anything specific but more or less were just talking about how much of a historical day it was. I also noticed that all of these networks  went into great detail about when Barack Obama was being sworn in as America’s 44th president but messed up the words. It later turned out that the cheif justice was the one who messed up the words of the oath. Overall, it seems like all of these networks covered the same things of the inauguration and there was nothing different about the other networks.

Sources:

http://www.cnn.com/video/fb/facebook.html?stream=stream1

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6105570

Should…

Should the U.S. Government provide healthcare to all?

Ira Glass Videos

I think Ira Glass is a very knowledgable guy and had some really vital points about storytelling. The thing I liked the most about him is he is real and seems down to earth… he tells it like it is. I like the points he made about the two main pitfalls people have: talking like other people and people who have bad personalities (it’s not all about you). I really value what he has to say and hope I can learn from him in the future.

Interviews

If you’ve ever interviewed someone whom you were unfamiliar with, you know how awkward and somewhat challenging it can be. Last week, my fellow students and I were assigned to interview one person from our class and one person who was not a close friend or relative.

I do have to say that interviewing the person from our class wasn’t half as bad as interviewing a stranger, mostly because we both knew what eachother wanted for the interview–something that would make a good story. I decided to interview a customer from where I work (Dutch Bros Coffee). He comes in almost every day and always has something interesting to say, so I thought he would be a great candidate. When I asked him if he would want to do an interview with me, he seemed to get nervous and got all jittery but he did it anyway. I knew it was going to be a struggle, and that it was.

Some things I’ve learned for future interviewing is plan what you are going to ask the interviewee ahead of time. We both seemed to get off topic a lot which was a waste of time. The interviewee also talked really fast so I wasn’t able to get certain things written down. I should have asked him to repeat himself but didn’t. Now that I have done a couple of interviews, I hope this helps me prepare for the next one.