Wednesday, January 16, 2013

2013 NYT's Proposal for MLK/Inauguration Column

To: Editor
From: Lawren Hightower

Subject: MLK birthday/Presidential inauguration on the same day.

Scope: We will discuss the presidential inauguration being on Martin Luther King’s day and the significance of the event. We will compare the 2009 record-breaking inauguration to this year’s expectation during the anticipated frigid weather.

Need: It is a significant event in that the first president in United States history is to be sworn in on a day dedicated to one of the nations most successful and relentless civil rights leaders.

Methods/Sources: The reasoning behind the story is that everyone needs to understand the magnitude of the event that is set to take place that weekend. There are significant event that occur in a lifetime that people will forever remember where they were and what they were doing. Whether a person likes the president/MLK or even weather they don’t history will be made on this day and people should explained the significance. The cable television show “CNN presidential inauguration”. The History channel’s four-day special on Martin Luther King and the civil rights movement. Various newspapers may be used to supports opinions or add insight. USA today. Interviews from professors and students n their pinion about the two events falling on the same day. The New York Times database will be used to gather information as well.

Presentation: An op-ed column of about 1000 words discussing the event and the correlation between them. Sources sited. First paragraph would be about how far the nation has progressed, second paragraph would pertain to the correlation between the two and the amount of people expected to show up in regardless of the weather conditions. The third paragraph will be about the possibilities of our nation going forward in respect to diversity and the U.S. becoming a more accepting culture a whole.

Follow up: A follow up could be about the results of the turn out and whether the amount of people who show up to the inauguration could mean a rise in presidential support or a decline. This op-ed would also contain what the people would like to see from the president.

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