Blog Assignment for “The Deadly Choices at Memorial” by Sheri Fink

Before you answer these questions, please click on the ProPublica link (on the syllabus) and read the entire STORY. There are five parts, with extensive public commentary. I only distributed Part 1.

After you read, this material, please upload a post, answering the following questions:

1. Does the reporter, Sheri Fink, take sides in the story and, if so, where and how? If not, how does she avoid doing so?

2. What is the importance of the paragraph that begins with the sentence: “The full details of what Pou did, and why, may never be known.  (Paragraph ends with words, “arise again.” This is an important para. What role does it play in the story?

3. How does Fink organize her story?

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