Journalism

Ownerships exist in all types of businesses, including the newspaper industry. Concentrated ownership in the field of newspapers can be defined as the extreme control of a newspaper firm by the insiders (manager, BOD, etc.) Ownerships have been changing significantly for more than 60 years in Canada and has been effecting the Canadian society as a whole. The journals and articles by Kelly Blidook, Joseph Jackson, Minelle Mahtani, David Skinner, Water Soderlund are relevant and useful to the…

also the subject of scrutiny when it comes to understanding what makes for good journalism. Throughout my first journalism course in Stony Brook University, I’ve received the chance…

editor in the article ¨Foreign News at a Crisis Point,¨ asserts that foreign journalism needs to adjust .The author’s purpose was to convince foreign news policy change in order to provide accurate news. Goodman asserts an urgent tone in order to appeal to his audience’s sense of value for global news. Supporting his claim, Mr.Goodman first defines the crisis of the situation, illustrated the needs for modification in journalism and finally demonstrated the immediate need for reliable news.…

minority groups are victim to this inequality of news reporting and news coverage, but as each year passes, the scale of equality slowly balances itself. While it is true that men currently hold a large part of the power that controls the field of journalism, people are beginning to have a “greater awareness of the inequities women face around the world thanks to the work of both men and, increasingly, women reporters” (Asquith). It is absolutely necessary to have both men and women equally…

Viral Content How News Websites Spread (and Debunk) Online Rumors, Unverified Claims, and Misinformation,” written by Craig Silverman is an article with the intention of being used as a guide for journalism students at the Columbia Journalism School. The author aims to remind these students what journalism was created to be, the inaccuracy it has conformed to, and the opportunity they have to improve the polluted stream of media today. Silverman considers purification of today’s news to be…

With many calling the death of the traditional newspaper imminent, journalists and editors are forced to make risky decisions to stay afloat in a changing news marketplace and media environment. Competing with blogs and social media that can generate more content at much lower margins, owners are pressuring their newspapers to cut costs and produce content by any means necessary . In his article “Ethical Values and Quality Control in the Digital Era”, Bob Steele argues that the journalistic…

reach the higher positions within journalism, despite entering journalism training in greater numbers than men. One thought is that the media industry feels like an ‘old boys club’ with men holding all the positions of power, and promoting those who reflect them and their interests. A potential solution to this is to encourage mentoring between senior female journalists and new entrants to the profession. By encouraging women who have achieved success within journalism to help bring younger…

Long before President Trump coined the term “Fake news,” it used to be known as propaganda that intentionally misleads its readers to gain attention. In essence, Fake news is unsupported data that is based on the media's biased outlook on certain issues. i.e. a health-based organization will search for the tiniest research that indicates that a certain food is unhealthy, when the majority of research actually points that this is untrue. But since there is a single published research paper on the…

The Powers That Be by David Halberstam takes a look back at the history of the news media industry. The stories in the book, first written in 1979, talks about how traditional companies like Time, CBS, and the New York Times were small startup companies. In their early days, they were very similar to the new form of media taking the world by storm, Buzzfeed. There is so much to knowledge to learn when it comes to this new form of news media and yet the way they startup is similar to those before…

The scenario is about requesting Roger M. Agro, the manager of Countryfield Fair, to allocate time for interview to collect information about the 150th annual Countryfield Fair. College for America (2016) states that “fair is a popular local tradition” which can be reported and run in the Local 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…