HOW TO WRITE A POSITION PAPER FOR PRESS CORPS

A position paper is an informative document that contains the relevant details to understand a country’s position regarding a topic. However, in this committee it also illustrates a newspaper’s writing style and history. Since there are different requirements needed to write the position paper for this committee, Press Corps delegates should follow the following format:

Heading

The heading should include the following

• Committee

• Newspaper’s logo

• Country

• Newspaper name

• Delegate name

• Email

Background of Journalism

The background should include the history of journalism of the assigned country, and may answer the following questions:

• When was journalism set in your nation?

• Which agency printed the first newspaper?

• How has journalism evolved in your country?

Newspaper’s Background

The background should answer the following questions:

• When was the newspaper first published?

• Who founded it?

• Where was it founded?

• Who is the current owner?

• What company or agency does it belong to?

Newspaper’s Writing Style

The position paper should establish your newspaper’s writing style answering the following questions:

• Which sections or topics does your newspaper contain? (Politics, security, economy, etc.)

• If your newspaper has political content, which is its political alignment?

• What are  the writing styles of the current columnists from your newspaper?  (Descriptive, informative, opinion, etc.)

References

Cite all resources used to  retrieve  your information.  Use APA Format.

DELEGATIONS