Boston College Christiane Amanpour Biography Paper

Select a women journalist from the list below and write a three-page biography. Include three academically acceptable sources cited in proper APA style. These sources will not include the dictionary, the text book or any other sources provided in the content of the class. The sources cited above may be used in your paper but will not count toward the three required sources. (Hint: Wikipedia is not an academically acceptable source.) An “A” paper will be complete, concise, grammatically correct and properly resourced. Extra consideration will be given to papers that research little-known women not on the list who have had an impact on the field. (A subject who is not on the list must be approved by the instructor). The extent to which your paper deviates from these requirements will be reflected in your grade. Submit your paper as an attached .doc .docx or .rtf file in the Assignment link. Attached is an example of an “A” paper.

The purpose of this assignment is to enhance your research and writing skills and to broaden your knowledge women journalists.

Attach your paper as a doc, docx or rtf file. No PDF or Pages files.

Women Journalists of Note

• Christiane Amanpour
• Hannah Arendt
• Rachel Carson
• Joan Didion
• Barbara Ehrenreich
• Nora Ephron
• Frances FitzGerald
• Martha Gellhorn
• Katharine Graham
• Linda Greenhouse
• Jane Kramer
• Adrian Nicole LeBlanc
• Jane Mayer
• Mary McCarthy
• Anna Quindlen
• Marlene Sanders
• Susan Sontag
• Gloria Steinem
• Dorothy Thompson
• Molly Ivins
• Claire Hollingworth
• Ann Morressy Merick
• Gwen Ifill
• Helen Thomas
• Cecilia Alvear
• Nancy Hicks Maynard
• Ethel Payne
• Anna Politkovskaya
• Margaret Fuller
• Jane Mayer
• Isabel Wilkerson
• Katie Couric
• Gail Shister
• Lisa Ling