You are a rookie news journalist, and you just completed your first major assignment covering a political campaign, including extensive research of websites to provide the political background of your story. Your best friend e-mails you and asks you about it.
Write a 350- to 700-word e-mail to your friend in which you detail the challenges you faced regarding the following:
Your responsibility as a journalist to provide fair, honest, and balanced coverage
Your assessment of the credibility of political Internet sites you visited for your research, such as Drudge Report, Daily Kos, or Colbert Nation
Your awareness of how political news reporting influences public opinion
