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JOUR 3450: Editing: Evaluating Sources--Practice

A guide for evaluating news sources on the Internet.

Evaluating sources (web page)

Evaluate the following information source using the C.R.A.A.P. criteria: 

Clean Coal (Web page)

What is your biggest concern with using this item as a source?

Evaluating sources (web page)
Currency: 1 votes (8.33%)
Relevance: 1 votes (8.33%)
Authority: 3 votes (25%)
Accuracy: 6 votes (50%)
Purpose: 1 votes (8.33%)
Total Votes: 12

Evaluating sources (magazine article)

Evaluate the following information source using the C.R.A.A.P. criteria:

"Toxic Coal in Tennessee" from The Nation (magazine article)

What is your biggest concern about using this item as a source?

Evaluating sources (magazine article)
Currency: 1 votes (12.5%)
Relevance: 2 votes (25%)
Authority: 1 votes (12.5%)
Accuracy: 0 votes (0%)
Purpose: 4 votes (50%)
Total Votes: 8

Answer (online report)

Evaluate the following information source using the C.R.A.A.P. criteria:

Clean Coal Technology fact sheet (PDF report)

What is your biggest concern with using this item as a source?

Answer (online report)
Currency: 2 votes (18.18%)
Relevance: 1 votes (9.09%)
Authority: 1 votes (9.09%)
Accuracy: 1 votes (9.09%)
Purpose: 6 votes (54.55%)
Total Votes: 11

Evaluating sources (newspaper article)

Evaluate the following information source using the C.R.A.A.P. criteria:

"Collapse of the Clean Coal Myth" from The New York Times (newspaper article)

What is your biggest concern with using this item as a source?

Evaluating sources (newspaper article)
Currency: 2 votes (18.18%)
Relevance: 3 votes (27.27%)
Authority: 1 votes (9.09%)
Accuracy: 2 votes (18.18%)
Purpose: 3 votes (27.27%)
Total Votes: 11