Journalist

Is it possible for journalists to be objective? The objectivity in journalism helps the audience to make up their mind about a story and decide what they want to believe. In this essay I’ll be discussing how journalists can’t be objective as they will be biased on a personal or professional preference. The definition of objectivity ‘requires that a journalist not be on either side of an argument. They must report only facts and not a personal attitude or view towards the facts or story.’ The…

Shelly had struggled to become the number one sports reporter for the school newspaper. She had proved that she could write a better story than anyone else who wanted the position. She showed better interview skills than anyone else did. She knew more about every sport in which Prellis High competed. She knew more about the school’s sports history. Laurie, the newspaper’s editor in chief, had been uncertain, but no one seemed anywhere near as knowledgeable as Shelly, not even the boys. So the…

...start the man, and I’ll start the same day for some other newspaper.”(Around The World In 72 Days, 1) That is what reporter Nellie Bly said when she was informed she had to have a male chaperone to travel. At one time, she was the best-known journalist in the world. Unfortunately, history has forgotten this star reporter. Bly changes the world with her bold reporting style, and introduced ideas of a woman being in the news. She also fought against “yellow journalism”, or writing exaggerated…

inhibits the authority of either axiom. This is best seen in Janet Malcolm’s essay “The Journalist and the Murderer”, where Joe McGinniss connives his subject and paints him as a narcissistic psychopath. He disregards truth by manipulating facts to benefit his personal image of his subject. The nature of his story also allows McGinniss to disregard objectivity and to justify his behavior. Joe McGinniss was a journalist who started with his book The Selling of the President, 1968, which analyzed…

decayed. Poverty was rampant everywhere and death infested the cities. The Progressive Era served as a time in which the wrongs of the Industrial Revolution were righted. Journalists, politicians, suffragists, and more rallied to clean the filthy and corrupt machine the US had become. Nellie Bly was a member of the Progressive journalists, a muckraker, and made a great impact in reforms. Because of her defiant nature, experiences, and her achievements, Nellie Bly deserves a place as a key figure…

I want to be known as a journalist who will always make the right ethical decision. My personal code of ethics will provide me with certain values as a guideline for how I will go about everyday life, guiding me through the different incidents I will inevitably encounter and in the shaping of my career as a professional journalist. The purpose of stating these values is to have my own reference that will align me to consistently make good ethical decisions as a journalist. To know what to…

The question of the objectivity in journalism is a major topic for discussions in the media. It is important because the answer to this question will define the journalism itself as a term. That is to say, are journalists the static representors of the opinions and information or are they form opinions and setting agenda? Objectivity is more like a dream or ideal, but maybe it is possible. There is another question: does reader always need objectivity? In this essay, I want to prove that an…

It was a winter wonderland outside, the whether has been terrible for late November. I made my way to my job and checked the bulletin board to see if the results were up. It has been months and yet nothing has come to conclusion. For the past months, I had sleepless nights, angry moments, and lifeless days. I went into my office and set down my winter coat and gloves. I have been working as a junior news reporter for about 5 years and now it is my time to be promoted to a senior news reporter.…

use of social media by journalist (Hermida 2011; Messner, Linke, and Eford 2011; Newman 2009). Gulyas (2013) demonstrated that the vast majority (96%) of the journalists responded to his research among 4 countries (Finland, German, Sweden and the UK) used social media for their work. Besides, the 1440-minute news-cycle created by social media significantly impacts journalistic practices in terms of newsgathering and reporting (Bruno, 2011). On one hand, it allows journalists to work more…

What makes a journalist? A person writing this would probably jump to an answer that is obvious and played out, for example, someone who reports the news, however there is much more to it than that. A person writing on this prompt would have to consider all the different types of journalism that there is and what they really do. The person would also have to take into account how a journalist gets their stories, the rules they have to follow, as well as the research that does into the job. By…