News Article with Wall Street Journal Method

 An article I came across that displays the Wall Street Journal method was published today in the Baltimore Sun.  The article is titled "200 years later, college arsonist found?"  The article is about Bonnie McCubbin, a graduate of St. Mary's College, and her senior research on the burning of the world's first Methodist college, located in Maryland, nearly 200 years ago.  It is considered a cold case, but McCubbin went through a lot of research and ended up coming up with a strong conclusion of what she thinks happened on that day.  

The article starts off with an anecdotal lead giving a brief history of the burning of the school and what ended up happening back in the 1700s when it occurred. The next paragraph introduces Bonnie McCubbin and goes on to explain the details included in her research project about the case.  The nut graph comes when Bonnie McCubbin makes her conclusion of the arson case after the year's worth of research.  The rest of the article supports the main idea by  giving an in-depth look at the research she went through during her assignment.  A lot of the body of article has quotes from McCubbin talking about her experience while working on the project.  More sources are brought in as the story goes on including Julie King, McCubbin's project advisor and associate professor of anthropology.  The end of the story circles back to the beginning by talking about what McCubbin hopes to do with her research project and if she will do anymore research on the cold case that took place 200 years ago.  

The article can be found at: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/harford/bal-md.coldcase03jun03,0,5815764.story