Assignment #1

News Story v. Blog

1) What are the similarities between the content and writing in the news story and the content and writing in the blog?

• Both separate their information into different paragraphs
• Both have quotes from their sources
• Both provide links throughout the story

2) What are the differences between the content and writing in the news story and the content and writing in the blog?

• The blog uses a more catchy lead where as the news story uses a more informative one, ('We Are All Prisoners," Iranian Blogger Says v. Iran Expanding Effort to Stifle the Opposition)
• The news story is written in a more formal town where as the blog is written in a more conversational tone

3) Which form do you think provides the most interesting and relevant content?

• The news story because it provides more information and more sources, and also quotes different people

4) Which form do you think provides the most interesting and relevant writing?

• The blog provides a more interesting form of writing because of its conversational tone, it draws the reader in on a more personal level because of the words that were chosen as well as the form of writing