News Report
1) Find at least two related news articles in
magazines, newspapers, or
online from the last 12 months relating to World Food Issues. In
addition, find 2 scholarly articles that relate to the news stories.
3) Your report
must
include at least one ethical argument. Address whether an issue
is or is not morally acceptable, giving a reasoned argument based on an
ethical theory or principle.
4) Your news report must directly relate to
the developing world, including an ethical discussion of the topic presented
as well as the social,
political, economic, and environmental implications of the topic where
appropriate. Reports must be well-researched,
informative, thought-provoking, and based on a synthesis of facts and
ideas from a wide variety of authoritative references including a
minimum of 2 scholarly references. Grades usually reflect
the amount of effort put into the project. Do not use class
lecture materials or the book as references for your
report.
5) As stated above, your report must have at least four references:
two news stories and at least TWO scholarly
references (peer reviewed journal articles), (hint: find
scholarly references on Google
Scholar or PubMed). References should be discussed in the context
of the paper, listed in the bibliography, and cited in the text
of your report (by number or by author and date). Scholarly references in
the bibliography must include the authors, name of article, journal,
volume, page, and date (See bibliography instructions below). To have access to most scholarly
journals online, you must login to your account at the ISU
Library. Go to the Library home page
(http://www.lib.iastate.edu/info/6000) and then to My Account. Follow the link to
Remote Access where it will explain how to login. You will
need your ISU Card number and will have to set a PIN.
Grading Rubric:
A: Well-researched, informative, thoughtful
presentation of your
topic and excellent
analysis of the ethical, social, political, economic, and environmental
implications of it. Report integrates and interrelates your topic with other concepts and
ideas covered in class relating to poverty, ethics, agriculture,
women’s status, etc. Scholarly references are used and discussed
in the context of the report. Paper
reflects a high level of effort and engagement in the topic.
B: Informative presentation of your topic and good analysis of the
ethical, social political, economic, and environmental implications of it. Does more
than a minimal job of integrating and interrelating your
topic with other concepts and ideas covered in class relating to poverty,
ethics, agriculture, women’s status, possible policy changes,
etc. Scholarly references are used and discussed in the context
of the report. Papers reflect a significant
level of effort and engagement in the topic.
C. Fair
presentation of your topic and analysis of the ethical, social,
political, economic, and environmental implications
of it. Integrates
the topic with other concepts and ideas covered in class relating to
poverty, ethics, agriculture, women’s status and policy changes.
Scholarly references are used and discussed in the context of the
report. Papers reflect an adequate level of
effort and engagement in the topic.
Bibliography:
1. Citations in the
text:
When
you write about ideas or scientific information presented in an
article, you
must cite the article where you got the information.
Try to avoid the use of direct quotations. Instead, as a
science writer, your job is to explain
the science to the reader, and to cite the source of the information. Cite publications in the text with the
author’s last name and the year, in
parentheses. For two authors, use
both names. For multiple authors, use "et al." after the first
author’s name. If you mention the author
in the text, cite the year in parentheses.
These citations are designed to allow one to look up the
reference
easily in the back of the paper by name and date.
Examples:
1. The starch granules are normally elongated in the milk stage (Brown, 1956).
2. Hendrich and others (2009) reported . . .
3. …other work (Ford and Fuchs, 2004) has shown that…
1. …and recent work (Birt et al., 2010) has shown that ...
2. …several investigators (Brown, 1956; Birt et al., 2010) have shown that…
5. …new developments in technology (IFT, 2005) indicate...
2. Format for
References at the
end:
List only those references cited in the text. References should be flush with the left margin, listed alphabetically by the first author's last name. Note: For Scholarly References, the Authors, Title, Journal Number, Volume and Pages are ESSENTIAL INFORMATION. The URL is not sufficient. Science Direct is not a journal, it is simply a web source for journal articles!
Example:
Dakwa S, Sakyi-Dawson E, Diako C, Annan NT, Amoa-Awua WK. 2005. Effect of boiling and roasting on the fermentation of soybeans into dawadawa (soy-dawadawa). Int. J. Food Microbiol. 104:1, pp. 69-82. Available at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01681605; Accessed August 31, 2005.
Scholarly Journal
Article (print source): Authors (LastName FI,).
Year. Article title.
Journal title, Volume number (issue number, if available): inclusive
pages.
Example:
Smith JB, Jones LB, Racklly KR. 1999. Maillard browning in apples. J Food Sci 64(4):512-8.
Scholarly Book : Author(s) or
[editor(s)]. Year. Title. Place of publication: publisher name. Number
of
pages.
Example:
Spally MR, Morgan SS. 1989. Methods of food
analysis. 2nd ed. New York: Elsevier. 682 p.
Internet Article: Author(s) if available (LastName FI,) or abbreviated name of website used in text citation, and full name of website in parentheses. Year. Article title. Retrieval date. URL.
Example:
IFT (Institute of Food Technologists) Daily News Reader. January 2005 Archive. 2005. Bayer and Cargill to produce specialty canola oil. Retrieved September 1, 2005. http://www.ift.org/cms/
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