Today's Assignment

Choose one of the following articles to read and complete an article analysis template on:

• Philly.com article on the Wednesday, September 19th shooting on the Broad St. subway line involving two School District of Philadelphia high school students:
• http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20120920_Two_teens_shot_on_Philadelphia_subway.html

• Philly.com article on the "fracking" debate (fracking is a controversial method for removing petroleum and natural gas from rock layers):
• http://articles.philly.com/2012-09-19/business/33953514_1_marcellus-shale-coalition-shale-gas-kathryn-z-klaber

• ESPN.com article on how a growing number of parents are not allowing their children to play youth league football due to rising concerns over concussions:
• http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/8297366/espn-survey-finds-news-coverage-concussions-leads-majority-parents-less-likely-allow-sons-play-youth-football-leagues

• New York Times article about the scheduled execution of convicted Philadelphia murderer Terrance Williams and his legal team's push for clemency based on his history of sexual abuse as a child:
• http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/16/us/a-push-for-clemency-in-pennsylvania-as-an-execution-nears.html?src=recg

• Washington Post article on the "53% to 47%" controversy that has arisen over a secretly taped Mitt Romney conference with top donors where he discusses the division that exists between those that do and do not pay income tax in America:
• http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/decision2012/leaked-videos-show-romney-dismissing-obama-supporters-as-entitled-victims/2012/09/17/5d49ca96-0113-11e2-b260-32f4a8db9b7e_story.html