Assignment for Wednesday

For this assignment I chose the following websites: http://www.slate.com/ ,http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/, http://www.moveon.org/ and http://blogs.herald.com/dave_barrys_blog/.

The first site slate.com is owned by The Washington Post Company and has been around since 1996. It seems to be a pretty credible site with a staff full of experienced writers. The stories and topics are about politics, news and culture. The information from the site should be accurate considering it is produced by the Washington Post. The topics on the site seem to be very relevant and updated often. You can search through the site to find out stories on different dates and so obviously there are stories everyday. The site is pretty user friendly and organized.

The 2nd site is andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com which is produced by The Atlantic magazine. This site however is an extension off their main website and it seems to be more like a personal blog. It has newsworthy topics however, they seem to be more opinionated and less unbiased. It seems to accurate on the fact that it's based on the news now, but with more opinion then fact. It looks like a blog, but still pretty basic and user friendly.

The next site was moveon.org is produced by Moveon.org Civil Action nonprofit organization. It is political news and national issues. It has also is a place for people to learn how they can do things in their community even if they feel they don't have the money or the power to do so. The stories on the site are relevant and seem to be updated often. It's a very user friendly website and organized.

The last site is blogs.theherald.com/dave barrys blog. It is produced by the Miami Herald ,but the writer for the page is Dave Barry. It seems to be a blog on political, news, and random event stories. It seems to be updated and relevant. Some of the stories however, seem just to be ridiculous or fun reads and not so much newsworthy. The site is user friendly and has the typical "blog" look to it.