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Author Topic: Primary Source News  (Read 3978 times)
on: February 24, 2007, 10:44:32 PM

I and a few friends have started a new blog called Primary Source News.  We try to only post things from primary sources: eyewitness interviews, personal accounts, government documents and speeches, etc. 
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Reply #1 on: February 25, 2007, 10:36:11 AM

This is a really great idea, Scott. I'm very interested to see how it goes, as it seems like it would be very difficult to pull off.

I do think you've got a couple of sources that are kind of a grey area. The blog by the Iraqi girl, for instance, mostly comments on current events from news sources and I think would really be more of a tertiary than a primary source, unless she's reporting on a story she's part of.
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Reply #2 on: February 25, 2007, 04:09:46 PM

Thanks, Brad.  It's true that this is difficult, but we're learning quite a bit.  One of the early videos I posted I found out a few days later was a hoax so I had to correct the post.  I knew the one you mentioned was a little questionable, but there's gems like these paragraphs in there that I think made it worthwhile:
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It’s been a horrible day. We woke up to unbearable heat. Our area averages about 4 hours electricity daily and the rest is generator electricity, which means we can use our ceiling fans, but there’s no way we can use air conditioners.

We woke up to an ominous silence- an indicator that the generator isn’t working. E. went next door to check and got a confirmation. It might not work all day. The neighbor responsible for it was going to bring by the ‘generator doctor’ as soon as he was free.

The electricity came at 6 pm for only twenty minutes- as if to taunt us. The moment the lights flickered on, we were gathered in the kitchen and we could hear the neighborhood children began to hoot and holler with joy.

But yeah, we spend quite a bit of time hashing out just what is and isn't a primary source.  The question that came up yesterday is whether the government is a primary source or not.  We decided it often is, but not always, as in press releases.

BTW: Thanks for giving this the front page treatment.
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Reply #3 on: February 26, 2007, 01:45:07 PM

I just have to say that this is a great idea.  It would be really tricky to make sure everything is a viable source, but if you can do it this would be invaluable.  Once you've got it all set up well you should see if you can hook it up to University library spaces. 
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