Badger, Emily. Net White Migration during the 1970s. Digital image. The Atlantic Cities. The
Atlantic Cities, 1 Nov. 2013. Web. 20 Apr. 2014.
Emily badger, a former writer for The Atlantic Cities and a current writer for The Washington Post, argues that one can learn where the fortunes of the nation will be by observing the migration over the years. Badger writes a recent informative graphic article for an up-to-date publication in the field of maps. In order to support her thesis that by observing the migration patterns, one can know which cities are thriving, she provides multiple graphs and charts that are easily understood. Badger is writing for The Atlantic Cities which means she targets the audience who is middle-class educated and are interested in a particular city, in this case, Chicago.
Badger, Emily. "What Food Desert Maps Get Wrong About How People Eat." The Atlantic
Cities. The Atlantic Cities, 20 Feb. 2013. Web. 11 Apr. 2014.
Emily Badger, a former writer for The Atlantic Cities and a current writer for The Washington Post, argues that food desert maps miss the big picture of its own problem: where are these citizens shopping for their goods since groceries stores are scarce and why are they shopping there? Badger constructs an opinionated argument for an up-to-date publication in the field of health and opinion. In order to support her argument that food desert maps are too vague, Badger provides multiple pictures of food deserts and how they can be more specific such as adding exactly where the markets are and the transportation that can be taken to commute between them. Since she is writing for The Atlantic Cities, Badger shares the same audience as them, which is most likely the educated middle-class citizens who are interested in a specific city.
Burdick-Will, Julia. "School Violent Crime and Academic Achievement in Chicago." PMC.
PMC, 18 Nov. 2013. Web. 20 Apr. 2014.
Julia Burdick-Will, a postdoctoral research associate at Brown University, argues that the violent crime rates are directly correlated to academic achievement. Burdick-Will writes an academic article that is meant to inform and persuade its audience with logical arguments and data. In order to support her arguments, she provides detailed graphics, charts, tables and specific examples of high school violence in Chicago to appeal to the audience’s logos, ethos and pathos. Burdick-Will’s publication is PMC, an archive of biomedical and life sciences journals, which reveals that her audience is an academic audience who is highly educated and are interested in the sciences in the daily life.
Choucair, Bechara, and Barbara Byrd-Bennett. "Overweight and Obesity among Chicago Public
Schools Students, 2010-11." Cityofchicago.org. City Of Chicago, n.d. Web. 20 Apr.
2014.
"Food Deserts." The Chicago Tribune. The Chicago Tribune, n.d. Web. 11 Apr. 2014.
"Food Deserts." Food Empowerment Project. Food Empowerment Project, n.d. Web. 22 Apr.
2014.
Fortino, Ellyn. "Progress Illinois." Progress Illinois. Profess Illinoi, 21 Aug. 2013. Web. 11 Apr.
2014.
Fry, Sidney. "How Many Fruits and Vegetables Should I Eat a Day?" Cooking Light. Cooking
Light, n.d. Web. 14 Apr. 2014.
Gallagher, Mari. Chicago’s Food Deserts by Tract with Community Boundaries. Digital
Image. Marigallagher.com. Mari Gallagher Research and Consulting Group, 2006. Web.
20 Apr. 2014.
Gallagher, Mari. "Examining the Impact of Food Deserts on Public Health in
Chicago." Marigallagher.com. Mari Gallagher Research and Consulting Group, n.d.
Web. 9 Apr. 2014.
Author: Mari Gallagher is the Principal of the Mari Gallagher Research and Consulting Group, which researches the public and consults organizations and government agencies on how to further improve the community. She has authored over 100 studies on food access, community health and multiple other community-related topics. These prove that she is an expert in the field of food deserts and thereby a valuable expert in the topic of food deserts.
Publishers: The publishers of Mari Gallagher’s research and consultations is not just one place. Gallagher has over a 100 publishers such as the Harvard, MIT and even her own research and consulting group. Her affiliations with these publishers are directly related to the Mari Gallagher Research and Consulting Group since the goal is to provide better community health. As a result, Gallagher and her publishers share the same audience, which is the educated citizens who are interested in reforming a suffering community’s health. Gallagher’s expertise lies directly in food access and community health; therefore, she is credible.
Relevance: The information found in this article is directly relevant to my topic of food deserts. Gallagher provides statistics, graphs arguments and solutions to deal with this growing crisis. As previously stated, this article is essentially made up of hard facts and arguments derived from those facts. As a result, I am able to dive deeper into the topic of food deserts by learning the reality of its seriousness through hard data. I plan to use the sources found in these arguments mainly in my introduction to emphasize the effects of food deserts and why it should be taken under critical consideration.
Comprehensiveness: I consider this academic article a well-balanced and mostly unbiased because of the prevalence of hard facts. Facts cannot be made up; therefore, the audience understands that this is the reality, not a biased opinion. Gallagher provides a thorough research article because of the range of its data. It does not focus on one part of the effects of food deserts but it actually visualizes many aspects of it.
Timeliness: This article was posted in 2013, therefore, the statistics are mostly up-to-date and the analysis of these statistics illustrates the reality of the problems caused by food deserts in the East. Since this article was so thorough, it must at least a couple of years on top of the year of waiting for publishing. During those years, food deserts were not taken as seriously as they are now. As for me, I did not even know the existence of food deserts until this year. I am a college student and yet I did not know the crisis occurring right under my feet.
"Healthy Food Financing Initiative (H.R. 2343)." GovTrack.us. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 June 2014.
Holzman, David C. "A Healthy Food Financing Initiative." Environmental Health
Perspectives 118.4 (2010): n. pag. The Food Trust. The Food Trust, 12 Mar. 2012. Web.
28 May 2014.
Karpyn, Allison. Green For All (n.d.): n. pag. Green For All. Green For All, 2009. Web.
"Let's Move." Letsmove.gov. Let's Move, n.d. Web. 14 Apr. 2014.
"Mayor Emanuel Announces Release of Food Desert Data and New Interactive Efforts to
Combat Food Deserts in Chicago." City of Chicago. City of Chicago, n.d. Web. 29 Apr.
2014.
McClelland, Edward. "White Flight, By The Numbers." NBC Chicago. NBC Chicago, 6 May
2013. Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
"Pennsylvania Fresh Food Financing Initiative." The Reinvestment Fund. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 June
2014.
"Public Health Statistics- Selected Underlying Causes of Death in Chicago, 2005 – 2009 | City of
Chicago | Data Portal." Chicago. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Apr. 2014.
Rao, Birju. "Food Deserts Are Incredibly Complex Problems." KevinMD.com. KevinMD, 27
Oct. 2013. Web. 14 Apr. 2014.
SNAP. "Your Benefits." SNAP Benefits and EBT. USDA, n.d. Web. 03 June 2014.
Thomas, Monifa. “88,000 in Illinois Select Health Plan under Affordable Care Act – Chicago
Sun-Times.” 88,000 in Illinois Select Health Plan under Affordable Care Act – Chicago
Sun-Times. Chicago Sun Times, 12 Feb. 2014. Web. 25 Apr. 2014.
Torres, Alec. "Studies Undermine Michelle Obama's 'Food Deserts' Campaign | National Review
Online." National Review Online. National Review, 12 Feb. 2014. Web. 14 Apr. 2014.
Trice, Dawn T. "Report: Obesity Rising Dramatically in Illinois, Nation." The Chicago Tribune.
The Chicago Tribune, 18 Sept. 2012. Web. 29 Apr. 2014.
"USDA ERS - Go to the Atlas." USDA ERS. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Apr. 2014.
Author: The creator of this interactive overview and map of food deserts is a government agency called the United States Department of Agriculture. This agency researches specifically about agriculture and since food deserts pertains to fresh produce, USDA provides the public of useful information of the reality in the nation.
Publishers: Since this is a government source, the publisher is also by the author, USDA. However, the government cannot always be trusted. Government publications allow me to diversify my sources and gather general statistics on a topic such as food deserts.
Relevance: This source is directly relevant to food deserts because it is an interactive map about food deserts. With this, I am able to see exactly which parts of Illinois or Michigan are most deprived of fresh produce and this interactive atlas even allows me to see which parts inside each cities are suffering from the effects of food deserts.
Comprehensiveness: Although this source is an excellent source to learn more about food deserts and how prevalent they are in the nation and specifically in Chicago and Detroit, it is limited because it is only about locations of food deserts. It does not go a wide range of details about food deserts but it does go deep into one aspect of food deserts.
Timeliness: The timeliness of this source is constantly up-to-date because there are updates on the information on the interactive map every month. The updated map allows the audience to understand exactly how prevalent food deserts are in America, especially in Chicago and Detroit.
Xerox. "Eight Ways to Reduce State Healthcare Costs." Eight Ways to Reduce State Healthcare
Costs (n.d.): n. pag. Web. 29 May 2014.
Atlantic Cities, 1 Nov. 2013. Web. 20 Apr. 2014.
Emily badger, a former writer for The Atlantic Cities and a current writer for The Washington Post, argues that one can learn where the fortunes of the nation will be by observing the migration over the years. Badger writes a recent informative graphic article for an up-to-date publication in the field of maps. In order to support her thesis that by observing the migration patterns, one can know which cities are thriving, she provides multiple graphs and charts that are easily understood. Badger is writing for The Atlantic Cities which means she targets the audience who is middle-class educated and are interested in a particular city, in this case, Chicago.
Badger, Emily. "What Food Desert Maps Get Wrong About How People Eat." The Atlantic
Cities. The Atlantic Cities, 20 Feb. 2013. Web. 11 Apr. 2014.
Emily Badger, a former writer for The Atlantic Cities and a current writer for The Washington Post, argues that food desert maps miss the big picture of its own problem: where are these citizens shopping for their goods since groceries stores are scarce and why are they shopping there? Badger constructs an opinionated argument for an up-to-date publication in the field of health and opinion. In order to support her argument that food desert maps are too vague, Badger provides multiple pictures of food deserts and how they can be more specific such as adding exactly where the markets are and the transportation that can be taken to commute between them. Since she is writing for The Atlantic Cities, Badger shares the same audience as them, which is most likely the educated middle-class citizens who are interested in a specific city.
Burdick-Will, Julia. "School Violent Crime and Academic Achievement in Chicago." PMC.
PMC, 18 Nov. 2013. Web. 20 Apr. 2014.
Julia Burdick-Will, a postdoctoral research associate at Brown University, argues that the violent crime rates are directly correlated to academic achievement. Burdick-Will writes an academic article that is meant to inform and persuade its audience with logical arguments and data. In order to support her arguments, she provides detailed graphics, charts, tables and specific examples of high school violence in Chicago to appeal to the audience’s logos, ethos and pathos. Burdick-Will’s publication is PMC, an archive of biomedical and life sciences journals, which reveals that her audience is an academic audience who is highly educated and are interested in the sciences in the daily life.
Choucair, Bechara, and Barbara Byrd-Bennett. "Overweight and Obesity among Chicago Public
Schools Students, 2010-11." Cityofchicago.org. City Of Chicago, n.d. Web. 20 Apr.
2014.
"Food Deserts." The Chicago Tribune. The Chicago Tribune, n.d. Web. 11 Apr. 2014.
"Food Deserts." Food Empowerment Project. Food Empowerment Project, n.d. Web. 22 Apr.
2014.
Fortino, Ellyn. "Progress Illinois." Progress Illinois. Profess Illinoi, 21 Aug. 2013. Web. 11 Apr.
2014.
Fry, Sidney. "How Many Fruits and Vegetables Should I Eat a Day?" Cooking Light. Cooking
Light, n.d. Web. 14 Apr. 2014.
Gallagher, Mari. Chicago’s Food Deserts by Tract with Community Boundaries. Digital
Image. Marigallagher.com. Mari Gallagher Research and Consulting Group, 2006. Web.
20 Apr. 2014.
Gallagher, Mari. "Examining the Impact of Food Deserts on Public Health in
Chicago." Marigallagher.com. Mari Gallagher Research and Consulting Group, n.d.
Web. 9 Apr. 2014.
Author: Mari Gallagher is the Principal of the Mari Gallagher Research and Consulting Group, which researches the public and consults organizations and government agencies on how to further improve the community. She has authored over 100 studies on food access, community health and multiple other community-related topics. These prove that she is an expert in the field of food deserts and thereby a valuable expert in the topic of food deserts.
Publishers: The publishers of Mari Gallagher’s research and consultations is not just one place. Gallagher has over a 100 publishers such as the Harvard, MIT and even her own research and consulting group. Her affiliations with these publishers are directly related to the Mari Gallagher Research and Consulting Group since the goal is to provide better community health. As a result, Gallagher and her publishers share the same audience, which is the educated citizens who are interested in reforming a suffering community’s health. Gallagher’s expertise lies directly in food access and community health; therefore, she is credible.
Relevance: The information found in this article is directly relevant to my topic of food deserts. Gallagher provides statistics, graphs arguments and solutions to deal with this growing crisis. As previously stated, this article is essentially made up of hard facts and arguments derived from those facts. As a result, I am able to dive deeper into the topic of food deserts by learning the reality of its seriousness through hard data. I plan to use the sources found in these arguments mainly in my introduction to emphasize the effects of food deserts and why it should be taken under critical consideration.
Comprehensiveness: I consider this academic article a well-balanced and mostly unbiased because of the prevalence of hard facts. Facts cannot be made up; therefore, the audience understands that this is the reality, not a biased opinion. Gallagher provides a thorough research article because of the range of its data. It does not focus on one part of the effects of food deserts but it actually visualizes many aspects of it.
Timeliness: This article was posted in 2013, therefore, the statistics are mostly up-to-date and the analysis of these statistics illustrates the reality of the problems caused by food deserts in the East. Since this article was so thorough, it must at least a couple of years on top of the year of waiting for publishing. During those years, food deserts were not taken as seriously as they are now. As for me, I did not even know the existence of food deserts until this year. I am a college student and yet I did not know the crisis occurring right under my feet.
"Healthy Food Financing Initiative (H.R. 2343)." GovTrack.us. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 June 2014.
Holzman, David C. "A Healthy Food Financing Initiative." Environmental Health
Perspectives 118.4 (2010): n. pag. The Food Trust. The Food Trust, 12 Mar. 2012. Web.
28 May 2014.
Karpyn, Allison. Green For All (n.d.): n. pag. Green For All. Green For All, 2009. Web.
"Let's Move." Letsmove.gov. Let's Move, n.d. Web. 14 Apr. 2014.
"Mayor Emanuel Announces Release of Food Desert Data and New Interactive Efforts to
Combat Food Deserts in Chicago." City of Chicago. City of Chicago, n.d. Web. 29 Apr.
2014.
McClelland, Edward. "White Flight, By The Numbers." NBC Chicago. NBC Chicago, 6 May
2013. Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
"Pennsylvania Fresh Food Financing Initiative." The Reinvestment Fund. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 June
2014.
"Public Health Statistics- Selected Underlying Causes of Death in Chicago, 2005 – 2009 | City of
Chicago | Data Portal." Chicago. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Apr. 2014.
Rao, Birju. "Food Deserts Are Incredibly Complex Problems." KevinMD.com. KevinMD, 27
Oct. 2013. Web. 14 Apr. 2014.
SNAP. "Your Benefits." SNAP Benefits and EBT. USDA, n.d. Web. 03 June 2014.
Thomas, Monifa. “88,000 in Illinois Select Health Plan under Affordable Care Act – Chicago
Sun-Times.” 88,000 in Illinois Select Health Plan under Affordable Care Act – Chicago
Sun-Times. Chicago Sun Times, 12 Feb. 2014. Web. 25 Apr. 2014.
Torres, Alec. "Studies Undermine Michelle Obama's 'Food Deserts' Campaign | National Review
Online." National Review Online. National Review, 12 Feb. 2014. Web. 14 Apr. 2014.
Trice, Dawn T. "Report: Obesity Rising Dramatically in Illinois, Nation." The Chicago Tribune.
The Chicago Tribune, 18 Sept. 2012. Web. 29 Apr. 2014.
"USDA ERS - Go to the Atlas." USDA ERS. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Apr. 2014.
Author: The creator of this interactive overview and map of food deserts is a government agency called the United States Department of Agriculture. This agency researches specifically about agriculture and since food deserts pertains to fresh produce, USDA provides the public of useful information of the reality in the nation.
Publishers: Since this is a government source, the publisher is also by the author, USDA. However, the government cannot always be trusted. Government publications allow me to diversify my sources and gather general statistics on a topic such as food deserts.
Relevance: This source is directly relevant to food deserts because it is an interactive map about food deserts. With this, I am able to see exactly which parts of Illinois or Michigan are most deprived of fresh produce and this interactive atlas even allows me to see which parts inside each cities are suffering from the effects of food deserts.
Comprehensiveness: Although this source is an excellent source to learn more about food deserts and how prevalent they are in the nation and specifically in Chicago and Detroit, it is limited because it is only about locations of food deserts. It does not go a wide range of details about food deserts but it does go deep into one aspect of food deserts.
Timeliness: The timeliness of this source is constantly up-to-date because there are updates on the information on the interactive map every month. The updated map allows the audience to understand exactly how prevalent food deserts are in America, especially in Chicago and Detroit.
Xerox. "Eight Ways to Reduce State Healthcare Costs." Eight Ways to Reduce State Healthcare
Costs (n.d.): n. pag. Web. 29 May 2014.