Parachute journalism is an often derogatory term used to describe the practice of thrusting journalists into an area to report on a story about which the reporter has little knowledge or experience. The lack of knowledge and tight deadlines often result in inaccurate or distorted news reports‚ especially during breaking news. As opposed to expert foreign correspondents who might live in the locale‚ news organizations will sometimes send (metaphorically by "parachute") either general assignment
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played a huge part in making investigative reporting fixed in American journalism and has been spreading around the world largely because of it. I can’t help but feel like the future of investigative reporting is still at risk forty years since Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein wrote their first stories about the break in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington’s Watergate office building. Investigative journalism died down during the two world wars‚ the Great Depression‚ and the
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Some might argue that citizen journalism maybe inaccurate because untrained people are publishing news very quickly and usually without an editor‚ which makes their news not authentic and reliable enough. They believe that amateur bloggers can’t decide what actually “news“is and what is not and that they are affecting business negatively. Others claim that although it’s not "professional" enough it does communicate news and has an important impact. Moreover‚ they believe that it’s a normal growth
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Yellow Journalism Complete the graphic organizer using the information from Site 1. Headlines Pulitzer and Hearst agreed that the key to selling a newspaper was an attention-grabbing emotional headline. At Site 2‚ click on Headline Gallery and look at the headlines from actual newspapers in 1898. Notice the word choices in the headlines. 1. List the words you see that appeal to people’s emotions: -vengeance‚ victory‚ slaughter‚ war‚ destroyed‚ enemy‚ conviction‚ criminals‚ death‚ perpetrator‚ outrage
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Digital Journalism Final Exam Study Guide I) DIGITAL MEDIA • TRIAL Framework: • Technologies : tools and associated processes that are used to create meaning in media text • ex) camera‚ computer‚ microphone‚ internet‚ software • Representations : constructions of people‚ place‚ events‚ ideas‚ and emotions that are applied to create meaning in media texts • ex) people’s stereotypes of different types of people‚ how media represents people‚ places‚and every other things Institutions : the organizations
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Functions of Journalism In early 1999‚ Gourav Jaswal conducted a session on the functions of journalism for the editorial team of Chip magazine. These are the raw notes I made during that class. Functions of journalism: Inform Interpret Mold opinion Enable decision making Agent of change Entertain Writing: Reader Interest Accuracy Objectivity Credibility Readability Significance Clarity Personality Cause the reader to: Stop Be interested Think
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Hazards and danger are common in careers such as construction‚ firefighting and law enforcement. However‚ if the question "Name the most dangerous careers" was asked on Family Feud‚ Journalism most likely would not be found on the survey list. When contemplating a career as a journalist‚ one probably does not initially consider the risks that they may encounter. "As recently as last week the media has been filled with coverage regarding the injuries sustained by news anchor Bob Woodruff and
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EMBEDDED JOURNALISM 1. In the realm of media-military relations‚ Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) has become synonymous with the concept of ‘embedding’. The Pentagon defines ‘embed’ “as a media representative remaining with a unit on an extended basis”[i] and OIF represents the single greatest instance of embedding. The Pentagon offered 920 embed spots‚ and‚ from 775 acceptances‚ eventually managed about 600 positions from more than 250 national and international media agencies[ii]. The British Ministry
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Twenty-four important notes necessary in understanding a history of journalism in the Philippines. Marcelo Del Pilar is also the author of La Soberania Monacal‚ 1888; and Frailocracia Fililipa‚ 1889. Hilario was not actually his middle name‚ but Gatmaytan. The Iglesia Filipina Independiente was founded by Isabelo delos Reyes and Pascual Poblete‚ 1902; and was headed by Gregorio Aglipay as its first Pontifex Maximus or Obispo Maximo or Supreme Bishop. Vigan‚ before Ciudad Fernandina and later Heritage
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Journalism doesn’t really allow for such detail and nuance‚ and what I felt seems to escape words. Reporting the facts alone doesn’t do it justice. His lips were warm and somehow... knowledgable of me‚ and I didn’t care that his expertise was probably due
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