Current Events Article

Current Event Article Summary

Generic Info

Title of Article; Article Author(s); Article Location and date      (5pts)

    List the website, newspaper or magazine where your article was published. If unknown, use N/A (raises credibility concern –check CARS) If there is no author listed, just write “N/A”. List the date the article was published. Adhere to APA guidelines.

Six Months After Joplin Tornado, Recovery Efforts Continue. (2013, July 16). Retrieved April 07, 2016, from http://www.fema.gov/news-release/2011/11/16/six-months-after-joplin-tornado-recovery-efforts-continue

AmeriCorps Response to the Joplin Tornado Fact Sheet. (n.d.). Retrieved April 07, 2016, from http://www.nationalservice.gov/newsroom/marketing/fact-sheets/americorps-response-joplin-tornado

Provide a brief, one paragraph explanation as to why you selected the article?

     (5pts)

The reason I selected the article is that I have heard a little about it. The disaster happened in 2011 when I was in high school and was a very serious matter, I wanted to learn a little more about the incident to see if I could learn more about what efforts were used to help in the aid of the disaster recovery. I think learning more about the incident will better help me apply the knowledge from the course work because it hits home. The reason an incident like this could happen to us and having the knowledge to know how they will respond it help would better prepare me.

Summary (Journalism Style Questions)

Who?      (5pts)

     Who was involved/affected by the events reported in your article? This could be just a few people, or the residents of an entire region.

Fema, AmeriCorps U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service technical assistance for the animal sheltering operations, Corporation for National and Community Service’s AmeriCorps volunteer management and donations management and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Joplin state and local officials were involved in the disaster recovery efforts of the natural disaster along with local citizens and neighboring states help.

What?      (5pts)

     What’s the main idea or main point of the article? 

The main idea of the article is to inform people about the incident what all is being done and where and how much money is being spent to help the people in need. It also allows for future reference of how much it might cost for an incident of a similar magnitude.

When and where?      (5pts)

     When/where did the incident occur?

The EF-5 Tornado disaster occurred in Joplin Missouri on May 22, 2011

Why?      (10pts)

     Provide some background to the event. If the topic is something that we have already talked about in class, include what you’ve learned. If we haven’t discussed the topic, you may want to check a criminal justice reference in our libraries to deepen your knowledge of the subject.