Articles

Post links to three or more example articles that could provide inspiration for your Ampersand article. Along with each link, write at least one paragraph in which you explain what that example provides for you in the way of inspiration, a good model to work from, a guide, etc.

500 Greatest Albums of All Time by The Rolling Stone

Who better to make an example of than The Rolling Stone? Known throughout the country as one of the most respected music magazines in the U.S. The Rolling Stone has had thousands of issues all with incredible and intriguing articles about everything from the hottest music to the best movies. The Rolling Stone is pop-culture with class.

Part of why I respect this particular article (or articles) so much is just how the authors write about each of the albums included in this list. The way they write just makes me think that talking to them in person would just be the most amazing experience; listening to someone speak with such formality and intelligence.

Social Animal by David Brooks of The New Yorker

Another "duh" moment in writing examples. The New Yorker is another esteemed magazine that flawlessly provides the public with high level writing every month, along with entertaining one-panel comics. While The Rolling Stone writes on a high level that the everyday person can just pick up and read, The New Yorker writes three levels higher. You can probably assume that each writer from The New Yorker has been to and graduated from college, which just makes the magazine even more of an accomplishment for all those involved.
Sailor Awarded Silver Star by J. Harry Jones from The Union Tribune
I really like this one because of the fact that it doesn't sound like an article, it sounds like a story. I personally think that the story format is the best way to write something simply because it can keep the readers interest so easily. And with the topic of this topic and the way it's written, it sounds like the kind of story that would be told to a child as they were going to bed for the night.