Research Report

In this post, I will be providing information on ten of the sources I used.

1. Wall Street Journal, "The Evidence is Piling Up That Higher Minimum Wage Kills Jobs" by David Neumark. Neumark is a professor of Economics, and the director of the Center for Economics and Public Policy. This was written for the audience of the Wall Street Journal, which is mostly made up of middle aged, middle to upper-class men. This would also appeal to a more conservative, republican audience as the subtitle is an appeal against Obama. This is making the argument that raising the minimum wage may not actually help the people, which is made evident by the title. The Wall Street is generally well respected as a media source. The author is also an accomplished economist.


2. Townhall.com, "Why Raising the Minimum Wage is a Bad Idea" by John C. Goodman. Goodman is President of the Goodman Institute and Senior Fellow at The Independent Institute. The audience is mostly middle-aged, middle-class men. Again, this is a more conservative audience as it is an appeal against democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton. This is making the argument that raising the minimum wage may not actually help the people, which is made evident by the title. The author of this is a very well respected economist and writer.


3. USA Today, "California reaches deal on $15 minimum wage" by Paul Davidson. Davidson is a business economics reporter for USA Today. He has been a reporter for 18 years. This is not an opinion piece, just a statement of events. It is targeted at the audience of the USA Today, which is mostly middle-aged, middle-class men. The purpose of this article is to inform the audience of the events in California regarding the plan to raise the minimum wage. USA today is a widely known and trusted news source and the author has a lot of experience in this field.


4. The Washington Post, "The Risks of California's Minimum Wage Increase" by Charles Lane. Lane is a post editorial opinion writer who focuses on economic policy. He was a finalist in 2009 for the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing. The audience would be the readers of the Washington post, who are mostly middle-class adults. The article is telling the audience about the risks of raising the minimum wage. It is also arguing against the use of "evidence-based policymaking". The Washington  Post is a reliable, well-trusted source, and the author is seemingly trustworthy based off of his achievements.


5. The New York Times, "The Minimum Wage: How Much Is Too Much?" by Alan B. Krueger. Alan B. Krueger is a professor of economics and public affairs at Princeton University and former chairman of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers. The audience would be the readers of the New York Times, who are mostly upper-class males. This article is arguing that the raise in the minimum wage may be a dangerous thing to do. The New York Times is a well-known and reliable source,and the author is also reliable based off of his background.


6. The Huffington Post, "Minimum Wage Going Up In 14 States At Start Of 2016" by Dave Jamieson. The Huffington post is a more liberal sided online newspaper, so the audience will probably be young and liberal. This source is just telling the reader which states raised their minimum wage and why. The Huffington Post is well-known, so pretty reliable. The author seems experienced.


7. Journalist Resource, "Effects of raising the minimum wage: Research and key lessons" by John Wihbey. This is an informational article, so its purpose is to inform he reader of the effects of raising the minimum wage. The author seems credible, but I have never heard of the website, so that may cast the credibility of the article into question.

8. Buzzfeed, "California Poised To Raise Minimum Wage To $15" By Cora Lewis. This source is targeted at the audience of BuzzFeed, which is an incredibly broad audience. This is another informative piece aimed to inform the readers of the planned raise of the minimum wage. BuzzFeed is generally reliable, but little information can be found on the author, which limits its credibility.

9. The Economist, "Employment down, productivity up?" by "Buttonwood". This is targeted at economically minded consumers, which is the audience of the Economist. This source is showing the audience one potential consequence of the raising of the minimum wage. The Economist is a reliable source, but the ambiguity surrounding the author calls the credibility of the article into question.

10. LA Times, "Who wins with a $15 minimum wage?" by Natalie Kitroeff. I could not find a lot of information on the author other than social media accounts. The audience is mostly middle-aged adults who are middle-class. This article is answering the question posed in its title, explaining to the audience who would win with this minimum wage increase. The LA Times is a reliable source, but the ambiguity surrounding the author negatively impacts its credibility.