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Annotated Bibliography

“About Us.” Bay Windows, Bay Windows, 2016.

This source offers a comprehensive overview of the history of Bay Windows, describing all the changes in ownership that the paper has undergone throughout the years as well as internal details that the Bay Windows staff would have specifically been privy to. It aligns with the reliable source guidelines as it is a relatively recent source, and it’s written by a reputable news organization. It would require some additional evidence to back it up as it definitely has bias (in the sense that it’s a self-description/not a secondary source).

“Bay Windows.” Gay Community News, 12 Mar. 1983.

This source provides some information and perspective of an already-established gay publication that the founder of Bay Windows was already a reader of, and is a primary source to the founding of the paper. It aligns with Wikipedia’s reliable source guidelines because it was an already established news source for the community Bay Windows served and it also makes sense contextually. It would not require any additional evidence to back it up as it corroborates much of the already existing evidence.

Diaz, Johnny. Standing Proud, Still. The Boston Globe, 5 Dec. 2010.

This source already exists in the Wikipedia article citations but I would use it to provide evidence for a description of Bay Windows’ rivalry with The New England Blade, another gay publication, and how it survived. It aligns with Wikipedia’s reliable source guidelines because it’s from a reputable and established bigger newspaper and it’s a secondary source that isn’t either of the rival publications. It would not require any additional evidence to back it up.

Zimmerman, David. Local Newspaper Turns to Readers for Funding. The Boston Globe, 28 Mar. 2013.

This source helps provide evidence for the shift of Bay Windows to adopting a reader-funded model, as well as a few details about an instance of it receiving some national attention. It aligns with Wikipedia’s reliable source guidelines because it’s an established magazine, and relies a bit on a press release by Bay Windows itself. It would not necessarily require any additional evidence to back it up as it would already be serving as a back-up for the “About Us” source.

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