BEING A JOURNALIST (Jhacel S. Casio) In the future I want to be a JOURNALIST‚ excellent writer‚ very good reporter all I want is to be a great journalist in my generation. For me being a journalist is so difficult because you have to think new ideas‚ new strategies on how can you attract the readers to read your article without boredom and dismay. I want my readers to be contented to my articles I want them to love what I wrote from the very beginning until the last words of my article
Premium Suffering Journalism Alcohol
Subject: Independent journalists vs. government censorship in internet age At the beginning of this year‚ the journalists from the newspaper Southern Weekly – a liberal Chinese newspaper- stood up to the government’s censorship. It appears that Chinese authorities cannot neglect people’s desire for the truth any longer since the awakened citizen will lean against draconian censorship. As social media1) explodes and online-based small media emerges‚ we have tremendous channels to access news and
Premium Freedom of speech Censorship Democracy
Merrill’s arguments in “The Professionalization of Journalism” against professionalizing journalism What is a profession? The Oxford English Dictionary defines professions as that way of life/manner of making a living that involves the application of a specialized knowledge of particular subjects‚ field‚ or science to fee-paying clientele. Examples of professions include nursing‚ architecture‚ medicine and engineering. Although journalism has some characteristics of a profession‚ for Merrill
Premium Profession Journalism Lawyer
Global Investigative Journalism: Strategies for Support A Report to the Center for International Media Assistance 2nd Edition By David E. Kaplan January 14‚ 2013 The Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA)‚ at the National Endowment for Democracy‚ works to strengthen the support‚ raise the visibility‚ and improve the effectiveness of independent media development throughout the world. The Center provides information‚ builds networks‚ conducts research‚ and highlights the indispensable
Premium Mass media Journalism
SPORTS JOURNALISM Sports journalism focuses on reporting amateur and professional sporting news and events. Sports journalists work in all media‚ including print‚ television broadcasting and the Internet. Sports journalists write about and report on amateur and professional sports. As a sports journalist‚ you can expect a variety of job duties such as reporting game statistics‚ interviewing coaches and players and offering game commentary. You can work in a variety of media‚ including radio‚ television
Premium Journalism
defined yellow journalism as journalism with the following characteristics. The use of large headlines about minor news designed to scare the reader. The use of a plethora of pictures or artist sketches. The use of faked interviews‚ pseudo-science‚ misleading headlines and false learning from so-called experts. The expression of sympathies for the underdog against the system. The use of full-colored Sunday supplements‚ and The use of comics. Yellow journalism‚ or the yellow press
Premium William Randolph Hearst Newspaper Journalism
Role and purpose of journalism The only thing that affects people more than information is presentation. How information is framed‚ what information is emphasized‚ and how it is distributed contribute to our perceptions of the world and how we develop as people. Journalism in all of its forms — print‚ television‚ radio‚ and internet — affect our world views and perceptions of morality. Journalism is a method of inquiry and literary style used in social and cultural representation. It serves the
Premium Journalism Newspaper Mass media
Why is journalism important? With the reference to the literature‚ critically assess the role of journalism in a democratic society. The responsibility of the awkward question has to be asked by someone and the journalist is the one who craves this duty. They are the ones who grab the challenge with both hands and seek for the truth. This is the essence of journalism and why it matters so much to free society. It’s offerings of informative answers in plain English make it accessible to all. In
Premium Journalism Mass media
PART I What is Meant by the Term ‘Watchdog” Journalism’? Why is this Idealised Approach to Journalism Considered so Important and What are its Limitations? The ‘journalist as investigator’ moniker arose when reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncovered the illegal activities in the Watergate debacle which led to President Nixon’s demise in office in the 1970s. Matheson stated recently that the Watergate chapter still has “enormous resonance around the world (as) it symbolises so successfully…the
Free Mass media Journalism News media
Leading parallel lives: journalism and professional ethics by Ian Richards Abstract Although all decisions by journalists have an ethical dimension‚ lapses in journalistic ethical standards cannot be explained simply in terms of the moral failings of individuals. Deeper insight is required‚ yet for a number of reasons little wider understanding has emerged from within journalism. At the same time‚ analysis of journalism ethics is largely absent from the field of professional ethics. This paper
Free Ethics Journalism