Journalist

conservative or liberal views. This means that many citizens are getting their information from a biased source and may not even know it. Not only is it the citizen's job to be able to detect media bias, it also is the job of the journalist creating the article. Journalists can use all of the methods of cutting out media bias as those that citizens use, as mentioned before, however many also have their own process for stopping…

I want to be a journalist when I get older. Being a journalist would be perfect for me because I love talking to people and knowing the whole truth. Knowing the whole story is extremely important to me. In a journalist career it 's uncommon to be lucky enough to travel the world, but some journalists are offered to travel the world and ask people questions about an important story. Necessary education for a journalist is experience in the field. Being comfortable around people and not afraid of…

profession of producing a reliable source of news to inform the public. The great journalist Joseph Pulitzier stressed that news is a “combination of entertainment, information and public service.” Public service may be the most important element. As Washington Post Executive Editor Martin Baron stated in his commencement speech at CUNY, “our job is to give the public the information it needs and deserves to know.” Journalist must report accurate information to the community for their needs and…

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…

Journalists are more than often praised, honored, or congratulated for their work; however, they also find themselves, at times, being criticized for some of their images. Journalists publish many different genres of stories throughout their career, so which ones are the ones that spark criticism, and is this criticism valid? Quite obviously it’s the stories that include violent images or some sort of malicious act of crime. In order to develop their stories, journalists make their way to the…

hardworking journalists and news stories. This issue can be helped from the viewers by not giving in as passive watchers of the news and become a media activists.…

Global technology has fast-forwarded communications to nearly light speed which provides information to levels once only dreamed of. Due to the escalation and rapid transmission of information through many venues (e.g., internet, television, radio, print) there is much dialogue concerning the ethics of present day journalism. The question that will be reviewed in this dissertation is: (1) what are the obligations of journalist’s in regards to reporting events responsibly, and (2) can Biblical…

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…

During Josh Awtry’s presentation, being the executive editor of the Asheville Citizen- Times, he discussed how an individual who’s inspired to be a reporter must compose his or her cleverness with certain writing skills. A reporter should be able to write words and construct a piece without many grammatical errors or punctuation errors. He also mentions that they should desire curiosity. A reporter must be willing to find out why something like this occurs and how can I educate the public…

News operations work through ethical dilemmas on a regular basis (Regulation, Legal Issues, and Ethics, 2011, p.246). Medoff and Kaye note, at times, broadcast stations that produce local news are pressured by people to either cover or not cover a certain story (2011, p.246). Ethics remain pervasive and challenged through a variety of deceitful tactics such as in paying for interviews, recreating news events, a using unnamed sources, or playing dirty tricks which in turn taints the station or…