Dylan Millard Professor Davis WRA 110 3 April 2012 The Identity of a Sports Writer For this paper I couldn’t decide between doing Hospitality Business or Journalism as my main focus‚ but when it came down to it I decided to go with Journalism. I just believe this major fits me as a person better than Hospitality Business. The discipline inside the major that I am going to focus on is becoming a sports writer. Everybody dreams big when it comes to sports. When you’re a kid‚ your imagination
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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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Moral and ethical dilemmas face by today’s journalists What are journalistic ethics? The so-called journalistic ethics refer to the demand for self-discipline from the media and the media workers. It may be either in written or unwritten norms set. In other words‚ it’s said to be unofficial‚ non-legal nature‚ unforced‚ and no penalty clause in the Code of Conduct. Why do we need to have journalistic ethics? It’s simply because of the enormous influence of media. Western countries said the media
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relationship between public relations practitioners and journalists. As public relations and journalism‚ the PR practitioners and the journalist are always related to each other nowadays. Both of them are important factors of the modern mass media‚ which aim to influence public opinions since the early twentieth century (Coombs and Holladay‚ 2010). In order to sharp citizen’s opinions‚ Charron(1989) mentions that the PR practitioners and journalists often prefer to work together and share information
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In the short article‚ Did London Bombings Turn Citizen Journalists into Citizen paparazzi? Mark Glaser discusses how people chose to respond and document the events on July 7‚ 2005‚ after terrorists boomed three underground trains and a double decker bus in London‚ England. He gives personal testimonies about how survivors of the attack walked out of the train station in order to get some fresh air. Only to find that many bystanders were standing around taking pictures and videos of the victims and
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“Being a journalist is not like working on a baked bean factory – journalists have a more social role that goes beyond the production of commodities to sell in the market place.” (Harcup) How true is this? According to an article appeared in The Guardian in December 2010‚ almost 15 million nation and regional daily newspapers are sold in the UK every day. Many more people also regularly use Internet sites‚ radio and television programmes to access information. Despites a highly discussed question
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The Use of Twitter during the UK Riots 2011: A Regional Newspaper Journalists Opinion This dissertation is submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of a degree in Journalism or International Journalism at Liverpool John Moores University. Name: Joe Lanigan-Smith Course: Journalism BA Honours Supervisor: Hazel Barrett Contents Page: Pg3: Abstract Pg4: Introduction Pg10 : Lit Review Pg15 : Methodology Pg23: Data analysis and discussion Pg 32: Conclusion Abstract
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Something For Joey Do you know the true meaning of courage and love? Richard E. Peck has marvelously shown these ideas in Something For Joey (Bantam Young Reader; $7.50). Peck’s themes are love‚ compassion and courage. He describes wonderfully‚ the true‚ memorable‚ compassionate story of courage and love between two brothers. In 1973‚ while John Cappelletti was winning the Heisman Trophy as the outstanding college football player in America‚ his younger brother Joey‚ John’s younger brother‚ was
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to miss a second of the action. Roughing it‚ living with soldiers‚ driving in tanks‚ etc. It all sounds straight out of movie‚ but for some people this is real life. Embedded journalists are news reporters who are attached with military units that are situated in conflict zones or war zones. These journalists put their lives at risk every day to provide news and keep the public informed on world issues. Such as the war in Iraq‚ the uprising in Libya and other countries throughout the world
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A journalist writes professionally about world issues‚ local events‚ people and trends. There is a great amount of responsibility a journalist faces when presenting material to the public. Professional journalists follow a standard of conduct and ethics when working in mass media settings such as broadcast‚ newspapers‚ magazines and Internet. Legal Responsibility * Journalists face important legal responsibilities. They should know their rights and the rights of each individual‚ and they should
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