Caterin L. Villar November 27‚ 2011 English 102 Professor Rigney Is Assuming the Role of Citizen Journalist worth the Risk? Amateur journalism is becoming more and more popular everyday with the advancement of technology. Newspapers across America have become so decimated by staff cutbacks that citizen journalists are stepping in to fill the gap in covering the news. Facebook‚ Twitter‚ and Youtube are only some of the free websites where users are connected with others and can share in
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What is a journalist A journalist is a person who works with collecting‚ writing and distributing news and other current information. The Work of journalist A journalist’s work is referred to as journalism. A journalist can work with general issues‚ or specialized in certain issues. The work of news reporter A reporter is a type of journalist who researches‚ writes‚ and reports on information to present in sources‚ conduct interviews‚ engage in research‚ and make reports. Job category
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1. What is the historical framework of this issue? 2. What is the political context of this issue? 3. What message does the media piece attempt to portray? Was the media coverage biased or unbiased? Was the issue sensationalized or portrayed objectively? 4. How might the media coverage affect the public’s perception of this issue? Does it encourage or discourage prejudice‚ discrimination‚ and stereotyping? 5. How might this issue affect the U.S. economy and labor force? 6. If you were
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Table of Contents Introduction Al Jazeera is a news provider launched in Qatar in 1996. The founder of the Al Jazeera network was Sheik Hamad‚ former emir of Qatar. The reason Hamad launched Al Jazeera was because he was disappointed with the lack of freedom of press in his country (Allied Media Corp.). The first rule in Al Jazeera’s code of ethics is that they “adhere to the journalistic values of honesty‚ courage‚ fairness‚ balance‚ independence‚ credibility and diversity‚ giving no priority
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Should Journalist be Allowed to Carry Weapons? Journalist face many risk while covering stories in battle zones. This has imposed the idea of journalist carrying weapons for protection against the attacks they face. In the article Rash Report: Press Under Fire and not just War Zones‚ it was reported‚ “852 journalist have been killed because of their job‚ defined “motive confirmed” plus 320 deaths as a “motive uncomfirmed” (Rash). Many people feel that journalist should be able to conceal
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investigative broadcast journalist. This is something I have wanted to pursue since I was a freshman in high school‚ I decided early on what kind of career I want to have and where I would like to pursue a degree in that career. I came upon this decision because I love watching the news and reading stories online about things happening around the world. I see other people that have been successful in journalism and that makes me believe that I to can be successful. I have also seen journalists such as Lisa
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Discourse Community: Broadcast News Journalists The discourse community of broadcast journalists is a broad community‚ but can be narrowed down to smaller groups. A discourse community is often defined as “a group whose shared language practices work toward a shared goal or goals.” The coherent meaning is a group which shares a common tongue and hosts the same intent‚ and accomplish it with similar intentions. As a faction‚ journalist come in as novices‚ but carry the opportunity to ascend
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I.3.1 The definition of Citizen Journalism Citizen journalism‚ can be defined as a community news and informationshared online and/or in print. The content is generated by users and readers. It can betext / blogs‚ digital storytelling‚ images‚ audio file‚ podcasting or video. Feedback anddiscussion on issues raised is received in the same way.2 Citizen journalism is a form of citizen media - where individuals write and orcomment on issues they feel are left out of the mainstream media. Many issuesaddressed
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poem “ The Unknown Citizen By W H Auden is a poem that pokes fun at the life of a automaton working in a factory. Reading it in a glance‚ I find the title that catches my very first attention. It is because Auden gives the poem such a title that the whole poem sounds so dramatic and pompous‚ as if it is dedicated to some citizen who have sacrificed so much for the nation. The citizen‚ to my dismay‚ is never named and remains as the unknown one throughout the whole poem. The citizen is referred to JS/07/M/378
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John Alois Prof. Raffay CIN100/9259 12/3/09 Citizen Kane is often regarded as the greatest American film of all time. It expertly executes many different aspects of film making as an art form. Orson Wells used a new style of shot framing called Mise en Scene to show the dynamics in a scene. He also used lighting in ways that had never been used before. As the star of the movie as well‚ Orson Wells delivers an all time great performance as Kane. All these things add up to create one of the greatest
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