I've chosen a topic! The Thirty Meter Telescope Controversy in Hawaii.
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URL: The source is forbes.com. Even though, they are a commercial business magazine, forbes business magazine has a fairly solid reputation.
Author: Alex Knapp is an associate editor at Forbes, who writes on science and video games
Last updated: June 12, 2015
Purpose: inform
Graphics: there is a single artist's rendition of the TMT from tmt.org
Position on Subject: The source seems to fairly represent both sides of the controversy. The info is consistent with the second source which is evaluated below.
Links: The governor of Hawaii, the president of a Mauna Kea conservation society and TMT were all quoted and sourced/linked to.
URL: scientificamerican.com is a science magazine that is known for making science easily accessble to the public.
Author: Clara Moskowitz is a senior editor at Scientific American with a double degree in astronomy and physics from Wesleyan
Last updated: August 4, 2015
Purpose: inform
Graphics: picture of protesters outside the Hawaii Convention Center that she took herself
Position on Subject: focused on the citizens of Hawaii- those who support the TMT and those who don't
Links: she links mainly to other scientific american articles and to a Hawaiian astronomy intern who advocated for the TMT on his college's webpage
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