Ms.
Gokturk
Journalism
Researching
for the In-Depth Story:
Where Do I
Start?
Before
you dive into survey making, interviewing, and writing, it’s a good idea for
you to know your stuff. You are a fortunate journalist who has the world at
your fingertips – databases, print sources, the Internet!
YOUR TASK: Write a 750-1000 word research
paper that uses the sub-topics you identified as headings. The goal of your
research is to condense the topic’s key important pints/history/perspectives
into a manageable, bite size nugget, which will serve as the backbone to your
trends feature.
GUIDELINES: This paper is PURE fact. There is none of your
opinion and certainly no use of the personal pronoun “I.” If your paper is
controversial, present all sides of the argument.
SOURCES: Use at least three reputable
sources, including at least one database and one Internet source.
CITING: Cite all information both in the body and in a
bibliography (you may use easybib.com):
1. once in the body of your
mini-research paper using parenthetical citation: Either use the author’s name
in parantheses after the information (direct quote OR
paraphrase) OR “According to _____” within the body of the paper.
2. and also cite your
sources in a bibliography, alphabetically:
Author Last name, First
name. “Name of article.” Name of
Source/Website.
<address>. Date of download.
Use quotation marks for direct quotes or paraphrase.
In either case, use the following formats:
PARAPHRASE: According to Gil Ferro of Newsday (
DIRECT QUOTE: According to Gil Ferro of Newsday (
PARANTHETICAL CITATION: Many girls use starvation to
gain control (Newsday,