How to Write a News Review Assignment: A Step-by-Step Guide

Step 1: Choose an Article

While each of the four News Review Assignments shall have a different topic to review, each should follow a similar process:
1.Choose an Article. The news should be taken from business news source such as
he Globe and Mail
Maclean’s
The Vancouver Sun
The Economist
Time
The New York Times
The Independent
The Guardian
Project Management Review, or
other recognized newspapers, journals, or magazines.
k.Articles should be at least 8-10 paragraphs to provide enough information for you to review.
l.Articles should discuss current events and should be no more than two months older than the assignment due date.
m.Avoid using articles published as editorials (opinions, columns), press releases, blogs, or general sources. While often interesting and informative, these tend not to be as thorough or present only one opinion on a topic.
2.Write an Introduction
a.The length of an introduction is usually one paragraph in length. Include a few opening sentences that announce the author(s) and the title, publisher, date of publication, and briefly explain the topic of the text.
a.The introduction should present the aim of the article and summarize the main finding or key argument.
b.Conclude the introduction with a brief statement of your evaluation of the text. This can be a positive or negative evaluation or as is usually the case, a mixed response.
3.Summarize the Article
a.Present a summary of the key points along with a limited number of examples.
a.You can also briefly explain the author’s purpose/intentions throughout the text and describe how the text is organized.
The summary should only make up about a third of the critical review