This assignment asks you to search for ONE newspaper article on water rights and land grants. This article is to be found in a newspaper published out of state, NOT New Mexico.

Search Steps:

You may try googling your search term and adding New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, or any other newspaper located outside of New Mexico.

Reading and Writing Steps:

1. Read the article carefully

2. Cite the article

Example:

Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Robert Pear, "Wary Centrists Posing Challenge in Health Care Vote," New York Times, February 27, 2010.

1. Explain what audience is the article directed to, why?

2. Look around the newspaper page, in which your article is located, what page number is the article on? Is your article hard to spot right away or not, why or why not?

3. How useful is this article for your research on this topic? Why or why not?