One of things things I found particularly challenging during my search for primary sources was differentiating between primary and secondary. This is because two major factors contributed to the controversy, one of them happening in January of 2010 and the other happening in March of 2010. January was when Conan O'Brien resigned and the "switch" was announced, whereas March was when the switch actually took place. I decided to overcome this by picking to write about the actual announcement of the change (what happened in January), because January was when the American public seemed to be the most stirred up by this announcement, and in March people seemed to have somewhat gotten over it.
Another thing that I found challenging was not involving my personal opinion in the analysis. I do have strong feelings about this topic, so in order to write an unbiased analysis, I had to emotionally remove myself while reading the articles and interviews.
Hey Rachel, it was very helpful workshopping with you. And I thought that your topic was very interesting and appealing to young and old adults alike. I'm glad that you could overcome all the obstacles for finding the primary sources.
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