Writing assignment #1
Critique a health or medical communications Web site or Blog. Refer to readings in the course to explain how effective or useful the platform is for a health news consumer or the audience for which the publication is intended. Make sure to have a clear thesis statement in the beginning and use examples throughout to back your argument.
Length should be approximately 3-4 pages, including source material (word document)
***Please include a list of references in bibliography format. Use: APA style for citationLinks to an external site.
Here are a few examples of Web sites and blogs, but feel free to find another that fits the criteria and is considered a credible source (see note at the end of the assignments list regarding sourcing):
Cochrane Library
Kaiser Health News
MedPage Today
Kaiser Science Journalism tracker
American Medical Association
National Institutes of Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
A credible list of health blogs can be found at: http://healthjournalism.org/blog/health-news-blogs/