Informative+Speech

Please use the following resources to find information for your informative speech:

TASK ONE: FEMA Testimony on Current Rebuilding Efforts in New Orleans
 * Louisiana Transition Recovery Office
 * New Orleans Metropolitan Area (NOMA) Infrastructure Projects
 * Louisiana Politics and Government, featuring Obama's August report
 * President Obama to New Orleans: "We Will Rebuild" (October 2009)
 * NPR: Obama Vows to rebuild New Orleans (October 2009)

TASK TWO: Speech on "New Media: A Weapon in New World Politics"
 * Books on shelf
 * To get to the sites linked below, go to Gale or SIRS through the Library SharePoint site, and search by article title.)
 * Mass Media Topic Overview (politics and YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook)
 * Do the Mainstream Media Have a Liberal Bias? (articles that answer the question both ways) "To access the articles below, go to Gale's Opposing Viewpoints, and search by article title:
 * "Blogs keep Watch Over Mainstream Media"
 * "The Corporate Media Threaten Democracy"
 * "Greater Public Exposure of the Private Lives of Politicans Would Not Benefit America"
 * "Liberal Media Bias is a Myth"
 * "The Media are Influenced by Conservative Interests"
 * "Media Bias is a Serious Problem"
 * "Media Coverage of Candidates is Generally Balanced"
 * "Media Coverage of Candidates is Objective"
 * "The Media often Distort Candidates' Positions"
 * "The Media Often Unfairly Favor One Candidate Over Another"
 * "Media Polls Positively Affect the American Political Process"
 * "Presidential Debates Are an Important Component of the Election Process"

TASK THREE: Speech on Moving Detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Leavenworth, KS
 * (To get to the sites linked below, go through the Library SharePoint site, and search by article title.)
 * Gale's Opposing Viewpoints Search "guantanamo," and check out the viewpoints articles.
 * SIRS Leading Issues Search "guantanamo."
 * Proquest Platinum Search "guantanamo detainees."
 * City of Leavenworth, KS