American journalists

advocates and ignorant journalists” who are not fact checking their news, and causing a skewed version of what’s the truth. Malkin uses a social media “meme of the moment” to drive home her point of what journalists and news reporters are doing incorrectly. She gives evidence to what journalists sloppiness has costed civilians, and even ends her column with “When #MeToo bandwagons form in the midst of a panic, innocent people get run over” not only implying that journalist are causing innocent…

Aspiring journalists listened to Mitch McCray, social media editor at The Dallas Morning News, give his perspective on journalism, which emphasized enjoying the topic you’re writing about, telling a story and not being afraid. McCray introduced his speech by saying, “We’re just going to talk about what got me excited and into journalism at first - and that was telling stories,” as he spoke to Jennifer Follis’ Journalism 200 class of roughly 150 students. Follis hosted the event on March 9, 2016…

The fact that current news media is full of fallacies is no secret. In many ways the greatest of these fallacies is the bias and the sensationalism. These slants and biases that are integrated into the media not only slants the coverage but also can present misinformation and gives a murky picture of the nation in its entirety. This, however, can be a tricky subject to pin down and have completely correct views on or to place the blame on certain parties. In a broad spectrum, every party…

Introduction It is a huge relevance in today’s world and surrounding how media affects all of us. Media cultivates the perception of our mind and the way how we view things because it is heavily congested with a biasness by one spectrum of perspective. The targeted community that is seen in the media are usually the vulnerable and diverse groups. This can come from a spectrum of different people such as different race, different religion, disable people, indigenous community and the LGBT…

for their journalists, there does not exist a federal journalist shield law. This is because the U.S. Supreme Court does not want to interpret the First Amendment as mandating a news reporter 's privilege (Shield Laws, n.d.). The media is supposed to have the role as the country 's watchdog. If the fear of getting subpoenaed, and maybe even penalized, causes the media to not tell the public about controversial matters, the main function of having the media is jeopardized. If journalists have to…

their strength; to go through the painful memories themselves. For Elizabeth, she never had a chance to face that part of the grieving process for it was imposed upon her. Fortunately, she has taken her situation with grace after her return, but journalist need to value the sanctity of a child’s trauma no matter if the parents of the victim give consent over the pursuit of higher…

Imagine this scenario: a person is invited to be on a news channel for an interview. While that person may have thought they were fully prepared for the interview, there was still one question that was asked that they could not answer. That is the circumstance that Ta-Nehisi Coates, author of Between The World and Me, found himself in while being interviewed on a news show. The question he was asked was about “hope”, and it was formed when the interviewer displayed a photo of a young black child…

Interest Section. The ethical issue is that the manager’s reply to the email seems to show a very high tenderness upon the request. In fact, he suggests to offer free tickets to whoever I show up with in the fair which seems to be a payment for a journalist to feature the tradition. This might provoke “agenda setting” issue since if I accept this offer, I will also be forced to write unreal things. The consumers might give it a close attention which…

As time progresses, media has been gaining more influence on our daily lives and opinions, but it has been starting to disseminate the facts and information about key topics. Since a lot of people rely on the media for information, it causes them to see an event from only one viewpoint, which causes their opinion to sway. One case of this, involving a current event, is when the media reported Trump’s decision to rescind the DACA, which is a policy that protects certain undocumented immigrants to…

Question 1 part A The first thing you should do is state the facts. As a journalist, you should already identify the facts because that is what your story is about. Understanding the facts of the case by stating all the facts and issues going on. The second in the list is our values. You should outline your value and say “What is important to me and what are you willing to give up for this value?” The value affects our final decision because your decision cannot go against your values. The…