Sports journalism

The Public: The Premise of Journalism. Journalism can be summed up simply as the 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.”…

In 2003, NPR senior news managers collected years of ethical guidance into the organization’s first News Code of Ethics. The document has been revised several times and finally placed in 2010. The early code reviewed policies to protect independence, but was quieter about how to apply values of fairness. The new 2010 code was then split into two documents, a statement of Guiding Principles and accompanying handbook. The handbook includes the rules of NPR journalists, do and don’t do, as well as,…

through journalists to writers before finally heading to the final editor and being sent out to the masses. Newspaper outlets understood that due to limited alternative media, they had an incredible responsibility to the public to present facts based journalism so the citizens would be informed. Television news became the easiest way for people to know what’s going on in the city. The biggest difference here is that newspaper were a printed material and the nightly news was broadcasted through…

than delivering information. However, Both the Daily show and The Colbert Report often fit in the sphere where accuracy and completeness of information are set. For instance, while the Daily show and Colbert Report are not considered traditional journalism due to their deliberate straying from standards such as fairness and bias, they are credited with “making information relevant in a way that traditional news organizations often do…

There are multiple types of news sources. They are newspaper and magazines, television, radio, and the internet. There are national newspapers like New York Times and Washington Post which covers American political issues. There are also Foreign publications that cover American politics. Small local papers serve those who belong to smaller cities and towns. They can only upload one print per day which is one disadvantage and there has also been a decline in readers. Newspapers are not completely…

Not only does it occur in one topic but in many others such as, gun laws, abortion, political issues, and sports issues as well. It happens when the reporter does not know both sides of it or when they are trying to prove a point by twisting words around but it can also happen because of the journalists experience in writing. A more skilled reporter is able…

Many individuals pick up the local newspaper, turn on the television to a local channel for the six o’clock news, or even have the home page set on one’s computer to a webpage that provides up to date current events. A safe assumption, might be that the individual performing any of the above actions, is doing so with the intent to acquire information. Maybe individuals simply want to know what happened in their community that day, maybe it is the world news that one is looking for, or perhaps…

A newspaper author has a large responsibility to present an academic article in a way that properly conveys the argument of the original author, but it can do more than that. A well written newspaper story about an archeological academic paper can educate the public of finds, challenge theories that could change people’s interpretations of the past, and generate interest in archeology. The conclusions and arguments from the publication, “The Burial of Nefertiti?” contained in the Economist…

Media bias is found in every story and article published, each author twists and bends information to fit their views. With everyone trying to get their side across, we never actually get the entire story from just one source. For, example earlier this year in February, three muslim students were murdered by their neighbor, Craig Stephen Hicks. This story was covered by many news outlets, including CNN and Fox News, who have both been known to be very biased. Two different sides of the story…

People read and listen to different news and have different opinions about who is right and who is wrong.People are sometimes bias with the news and are against what the other news say and all the news have different information and data.People believe in news but,each news give out different information and we don’t know which news have the good information or the bad information and it is a hard choice for us to believe which one is right and which one is wrong. According to…