Journalist

ideas. For doing Stalin’s dirty work, the journalists were awarded job security and rewards. Later, under the command of Mikhail Gorbachev, journalists used mass media to reveal the crimes committed during the communism generation. They also helped support for improvement of the Perestroika and Glasnost era, and also to cut down on political oppositions. During the late Soviet and early post-Soviet times were considered to be the “golden years” for journalists. There was freedom of political and…

strict and highly censored country. Canadian Journalists For Free Expression (CJFE) says, “To call North Korea an authoritarian environment would be putting things mildly.” An authoritarian environment means that the people of NK have to have a strict obedience to authority, especially in a government. Freedom House reports that the regime controls all new outlets, therefore regulating the information in the country. Also, all of North Korea’s journalists belong to the country ruling party, or…

for 300 years. Here are published almost all of Britain’s national newspapers. Here also are the headquarters of many magazines, foreign and provincial press bureaus, international news agencies, trade papers, and the attic offices of freelance journalists. It was in Fleet Street tavern that the British press was born. Three centuries ago the Great Fire gutted the City of London, driving writers from their lodging-houses, and with quill and ink-horn they resumed scribbling their newsletters and…

Nick Ut Huynh Cong Ut also known as Nick Ut was born on March 29th, 1951 in Vietnam. He is best known for his style of photojournalism when he was working for Associated Press (AP), this is a multinational news agency. He started working at AP in 1965 when he was just fourteen years old, just a few weeks after this his brother who was also working for the agency was killed photographing the war in Vietnam. Ut was shot 3 times when he was documenting the conflict in Vietnam, in the arm, leg and…

Isis and the Lonely Young American is an interview done by New York Times about a girl who decided to convert to Islam. She goes by the name Alex to protect her identity. After the American journalist James Foley was beheaded by the Islamic State, Alex goes online to understand the reasoning behind their horrific acts. There, she met dozens of people who answered her questions. They were kind and accepting, introducing her to other Muslims online. One of the people she came into contact with was…

had already made. Releasing several more versions of the book. While Walt Whitman continued to age he released more poems about politics. When the Civil War started Walt Whitman made a promise to live a safe and untainted life. He worked as a journalist that went around the country and wrote about everything he observed. He visited the men that were hurt in battle in new york city hospitals. After that Walt Whitman then traveled to Washington D. C. in 1862. While there he had cared for his…

In the last five years, movements such as Occupy Wall Street, the Arab Spring, Fight for 15, and Black Lives Matter have increased the prominence of protest as a means to promote political and social change. Members of these movements and their supporters have criticized the ways the media have covered these and other recent protests. For example, many criticized the media’s choice to emphasize violence and looting over the actions of peaceful protesters in the aftermath of the death of Freddie…

having a father who played professional baseball in the MLB (Pruett, 2013). As an adolescent, Smith looked up a particular man named Howard Cosell who was widely remembered as a great sports journalist and for his big personality (Pruett, 2013). Having a natural passion for sports and an idol who was a sports journalist as a kid certainly gave way for Stephen A. to become the man he is today. Moving on, Smith went to school at Winston-Salem State University, which is also where his childhood…

Maurice Leblanc was a well-known French author, journalist, and playwright. He was born in Rouen, France on the eleventh of November, 1864. Maurice was born into a wealthy family. When Maurice was four years of age, he was saved from a burning house. Maurice enjoyed writing whenever he had the chance to. He would read books from the authors; Edgar Allen Poe and Honore Balzac. Furthermore, he enjoyed biking, and playing chess. Maurice’s privileged early years was a strong start to his future…

Therefore, American media, having the ability to greatly promote a public interest in scientific literacy, must take responsibility to report only accurate scientific information in order to diminish the possibility of promoting unsubstantiated science and misleading the public. With the media becoming a profuse vehicle for education, interests in the sciences have grown in the public. However, current coverage on scientific information today is largely obfuscated in the media. That is, today…