You are a team of freelance journalists who have contracts with two different (national or state) newspapers: one in the morning and a second in the afternoon.The editor of the morning paper tells you that she is worried about the amount of “X” crime occurring, given that she received numerous calls about this kind of crime.“X” crime is any crime that you find in the Uniform Crime Reports (Links to an external site.) (UCR) that interests you. CHOOSE ONLY ONE TYPE OF CRIME. The editor tells you to look at the statistics on that crime over any ten year period and to use as much of the data that you can find during that period to persuade readers that they should not be frightened of or worried about that kind of crime.Present your argument in 900-1000 words. Tables/graphs that you include do not count toward the word limit. Do not copy tables/graphs from the UCRs. Create your own visual representations of the data you describe in the text. Tables can provide descriptive summaries of the data and graphs facilitate demonstrating trends. Do not use more than 1-2 sentences for “fluff.” Discuss the data.However, the editor of the afternoon paper tells you a similar story about “X” crime (the same as the morning paper) and about calls from concerned citizens. Yet this editor has a
different view of what your approach should be. He thinks that your paper ought to reflect the views of the readers. They are scared and you should reinforce their perceptions. He tells you to look at the UCRs for “X” crime for the same ten year period.Scare and worry readers further in 900-1000words with additional graphics. Tables/graphs that you include do not count toward the word limit. Create your own visual representations of the data you describe in the text. Tables can provide descriptive summaries of the data and graphs facilitate demonstrating trends. Do not use more than 1-2 sentences for “fluff.” Discuss the data.Look for the UCRs online, but be sure to use only the official US government site (Links to an external site.). There are many different tables in the UCR’s that capture crime in different regions and across age, sex, race, and ethnicity. Some are reports of the crimes and others are reports of arrests. Look at all of them and then use the statistics to make an argument for each of the editors. You can use different numbers in each presentation, but the crime and the 10 year period must be the same. Look at each year rather than just the first and last year. Make a reasonable, logical argument, but you also want to sell papers. Your job may be on the line!