Very good retelling and analysis of Trump's interview this past week, as well as his history of how he avoided getting involved with Vietnam. Good evidence provided that Donald Trump was in fact lying about why he did not participate in Vietnam. The National Archives and Records Administration is a very good source used to find out about the five deferments that Trump received.

Very good retelling of the incident and of what is going on in Afghanistan as of now regarding NATO turning over power to Afghan police to start patrolling on their own. However, a story about nine dead Americans could go a bit further in discussing what actions are being taken to protect our troops from these unruly Afghan policemen.

There are also no interviews with any American citizens whom Mitchell is so quick to call ignorant of this economic problem. How is one to value his opinion if he does not support it with evidence? Also Mitchell's talk of American schooling seems a bit out of place when referring to economical matters, as America's job market is suffering so much that an overabundance of college degree has resulted in a lack of jobs for many young individuals in this country. I can respect his opinion of American ignorance to some extent, but some more evidence of such would be better proof of his concepts. The use of rhetorical questions also takes away from the serious tone that this issue should bring about.

This story is very informative and original. Through this article I became well informed on the processes of news reporting for the president and the hype that surrounds such a job. The way the article was written was a little lacking in professionalism with the use of rhetorical questions, but the sources were plausible and the topic was fresh in accusing Obama's administration of not being as transparent as they originally said they were going to be at the start of their reign. The reported even attempted to question Obama's staff about this and they did not want to respond.

This story is relevant in the fact that it is letting the public know what is really going on in Baltimore's transportation department, but this story focuses too much on telling this specific incident, rather than broadening its horizons to discuss what this all means. The reporter's sources were very good, interviewing Baltimore police as well as the spokeswomen for the transportation department, Adrienne Barnes. However, to make this story more interesting it would have been nice to hear from someone else who works inside the transportation department, someone connected to the 13 workers who got arrested, or even one who was convicted. This would allow the public to see the world through both the eyes of the higher ... More »

This is good journalism because it is very relevant today as the elections for Baltimore mayor are coming up. However, it would have been better sourced if the journalist were to actually get word from Mfume himself on why exactly he does not plan on running for mayor. However, D'Adamo is still a significant political source and trustworthy. If one was to write a more enterprising story though, words from Mfume would have been more appropriate.

This article is a good retelling of the incident, but only from one side of the story. There needs to be contact made with Snider in order to see both sides of the story, rather than just listening to Reynolds retelling, even though apparently he was the victim. In a way Snider's immediate resignation does tell us that something is fishy, but if it isn't words coming directly from his mouth, we might never know what or why he did what he did at the bar that night. There is just still too much information lacking in this story to call it complete.

This article is very well developed on a topic that is very relevant today. The reporter's sources are excellent including the statements from a former nuclear power plant engineer who worked in Japan. To take the time and track down someone who has had experience actually working in a Japanese nuclear power plant is very enterprising and all around great journalism. The list of nuclear accidents towards the end of the article also provided much information about the consistency of mishaps going on in these nuclear plants in Japan.

The interviews included in this article are very respectable and resourceful coming from direct political powers involved in the decision on what to do with this new bill on same-sex marriage in Maryland. This article also represents both sides of the debate very well, interviewing both supporters of same-sex marriage such as Ruth Siegel and those who aren't all for it, such as Pastor Joel Peebles.

This is an informative story, but gives little to the Brazilian community in Martha's Vineyard. It also seems that it was in the context of what is going on with illegal immigration in America right now, but never states any facts on illegal immigration and how this story connects to such a problem. it is seen through more of an opinionated standpoint than a factual one. Also how do we even know the Brazilians are all illegal immigrants? There are no sources to support the Brazilians. To show a more accurate portrayal of what is going on, interviews with the islanders would be more appropriate, rather than just taking comments off of a local newspaper's website, which could have been written by anyone.