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It's a lot of work. How so? When I was writing papers in college I'd read my sources, bang out the text, then for every citable claim I'd ctrl+F my sources and
by causi 4y ago
It's a lot of work.
How so? When I was writing papers in college I'd read my sources, bang out the text, then for every citable claim I'd ctrl+F my sources and cite them. For a journalist who's presumably taking notes while writing an article it should be even faster. This only seems hard if you're writing articles based purely on vibes and not information.
- corrral 4y agoCitation always felt like the most onerous part of writing papers in high school. I hated it. It seemed to take forever. Even with auto-formatters. The culprit was MLA. Chicago-style (which I was allowed to use in most college classes) or just a very-casual "here's the link" are easy. Fucking MLA. No idea why it's what they teach in secondary school. It blows, well-developed alternatives exist, and it's not even anywhere near being some kind of universal, preferred citation style in all of academia.
- causi 4y agoI couldn't agree more. I'm sure kids today have browser extensions that can streamline the process.