articles

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/16/business/madoff-prison-interview.html?_r=1&hp
The reason I would use this article as inspiration for my article that will be published is because I really like how the man that interviewed Mr. Madoff, and the format it was in. Opposed to doing Q and A, instead he turned the interview into a story, I find interviews that are setup that way are more appealing to the reader and the author gets more across than they would in a normal interview. In a regular Q and A interview the author usually only includes their question and the person's answer, but if they were to set it up this way they get to include their opinions and give the reader something to think about without it being awkward and out of place.

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/15/anna-nicole-jimi-hendrix-and-handel-in-london/?ref=music
The reason I chose this article to be a piece of inspiration while writing my article for ampersand is because I really love how this writer began as if he were having a conversation with someone instead of having this formal, professional article that's super boring. Personally I would rather read a story where the author is talking to me while telling the story, and asking questions that are unanswered and leave me wondering instead of one that tells me everything and has nothing different about it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/13/books/review/Jacobs-t.html?ref=books
I chose this last article as my inspiration for the article I publish in ampersand because the fact that it's a book review meaning the writer is discussing her experiences as a reader and what she felt, what she thought while going through the experience. And in my opinion no writing is good writing if there is no personal experience involved, I feel without that it's dull and boring and really there was no point in writing it in the first place.