Research Report

So to get started on this project, I'm looking to get researching on the topic of Anwar al-Awlaki and the story of his death.

Source Information - "The Lessons of Anwar al-Awlaki" by Scott Shane, New York Times
Author's Credibility - A national security reporter for NYT since 2004, reporter since 1983 with the Baltimore Sun
Audience - Put towards general audiences, shown by introduction of topic and various images and videos in the piece.
Purpose - Purpose is to explain the events leading up to Awlaki's death, and the reasoning behind it. Shown in the various dated sections of the piece and
Extra - Cites a variety of sources to explain the events, including FBI Memos and previous teachings by Awlaki

Source Information - "Here’s the Secret Memo That Justified Anwar al-Awlaki Killing" by Zeke J Miller, Time Magazine
Author's Credibility - A political reporter for TIME, was first WH correspondent for BuzzFeed, editor at the Yale Daily News.
Audience - Less of a general audience due to the more technical nature of the writing, and the fact that it simply displays the 31 page document rather than going into detail.
Purpose - Show that the DOJ has released the memo finally, by having it displayed and giving background on the subject for new readers.
Extra - Links to other story about Congress' attempt to get the memo released, and was posted with the tag
"Correction: The original version of this story misstated the circumstances of the memo’s release. It was released by a federal court."

Source Information - "Two-Year Manhunt Led to Killing of Awlaki in Yemen" by Mark Mazzetti, Eric Schmitt, and Robert F. Worth, New York Times
Author's Credibility - Mazzetti is a Pulitzer prize winning national security writer for the NYT, Eric Schmitt is a Pulitzer prize winner NYT writer since 1983.
Audience - For general readers of NYT, reinforces this with various images of Awlaki and with video evidence of his activities.
Purpose - The purpose is to inform the reader of how the US searched for Awlaki over the years, and does so by explaining the process and some of reasoning behind his killing.
Extra - Shows the tag "Correction: September 30, 2011 - An earlier version of this article said that Yemeni forces had carried out the attack." and that "A version of this article appears in print on October 1, 2011, on page A1 of the New York edition"

Source Information - "Al Qaeda Group Confirms Deaths of Two American Citizens" by Charlie Savage, New York Times
Author's Credibility - Began writing in 1999 for the Miami Herald, received Pulitzer prize in 2009 for National Reporting.
Audience - Based on hosting, cite two betrayals of audience
Purpose - To show that the reports coming out of Awlaki's death were correct. Shows this with sources within Al-Qaeda, along with quoting an NYT story.
Extra - Part of the At War series by the NYT, documenting post 9-11 conflicts. quotes SITE intelligence group.

Source Information - "Drone Strike in Yemen Was Aimed at Awlaki" by Mark Mazzetti, New York Times
Author's Credibility - Pulitzer prize winning national security writer, and reporting on military and nat security since 2001
Audience - The audience is the general readers of NYT, and the author keeps the article short and to the point to keep it this way, along with not using any jargon or little known events.
Purpose - The purpose of the article is to provide context to the a U.S. drone strike in Yemen, which he does by explaining its target Awlaki and the reasoning behind his targeting.
Extra - Also shows credibility with disclaimer "A version of this article appears in print on May 7, 2011, on page A11 of the New York edition" and hyperlinks to other reports from Yemen.

Source Information - "US cited controversial law in decision to kill American citizen by drone" by Spencer Ackerman, The Guardian
Author's Credibility - Pulitzer prize winning journalist for public service, and is now the national security editor at Guardian US.
Audience - While the guardian is usually a general paper, this beraks from that by using terms few have heard of including AUMF, and doesn't give much background.
Purpose - The purpose is to help exlpain why the US decided that it had the legal justification for killing Awlaki, shown by the descrption of the memo and the circumstances of its release.
Extra - Links and discusses the 2013 leak of some of the memo and the White Houses's response to the memo's release.

Source Information - "How US tracked Anwar al-Awlaki to his death in Yemen" by Paul Harris and Jamie Doward, The Guardian
Author's Credibility - Now senior executive producer for Al Jazeera America, also a correspondent for the Guardian and The Observer.
Audience - General audiences, shown by the use of images and general terms for the use of technology towards tracking Awlaki.
Purpose - To explain to readers how to the CIA and other agenices worked to find Awlaki, along with background of Samir Khan, another American killed in the attack.
Extra - Talks about other responses to the attack, including that of Republic candidates and the support around the political spectrum.

Source Information - "Anwar al-Awlaki's extrajudicial murder" by Michael Ratner, The Guardian
Author's Credibility - President of the Center for Constitutional Rights and one of the attorneys for Julian Assange.
Audience - Very broad since it is more of an editorial style. Uses lots of links to explain rather than explaining it himself
Purpose - To have the reader question whether or not the killing was justified, by asking them questions and explaining how the law seems to reflect the outcome.
Extra - Talks about the ACLU's case against the US and explains that Awlaki was a radical cleric.

Source Information - "Anwar al-Aulaqi, U.S. born cleric linked to al-Qaeda, killed in Yemen" by Sudarsan Raghavan, The Washington Post
Author's Credibility - Washington Post's Cairo Bureau Chief, along with gaining the George Polk award for his work.
Audience - More of a general audience, explains the contributions of the key players in the controversy along with providing a few infographics.
Purpose - To explain the reasoning behind Awlaki's death, along with explaining the process by which he became a target.
Extra - Comes from Yemen, not the United States, along with the disclaimer that "Staff writers William Branigin, Greg Miller, Karen DeYoung, William Wan, Michelle Boorstein, Greg Jaffe, Aaron C. Davis and Kafia Hosh in Washington and special correspondent Mohammed al-Qadhi in Sanaa contributed to this report."

Source Information - "U.S. airstrike that killed American in Yemen raises legal, ethical questions" by Craig Whitlock, The Washington Post
Author's Credibility - Worked as Berlin Bureau Chief for 6 years, and has wroked for the Post since 1998.
Audience - Slightly less general due to it not using any images or videos, but still keeps a decent amount of background information for the new reader.
Purpose - To explain how the killing of Awlaki raises legal questions due to the nature of his US citizenship and some of hte reasoning behind his killing.
Extra - Provides plenty of hyperlinks to other reports about the subject, and the connection between Awlaki and al-Qaeda