Week 13 — Educating the public about media’s social roles
The readings this week begin with this: “Every year if not every day we have to wager our salvation upon some prophecy based upon imperfect […]
Week 12 — Citizens as journalists
It’s no secret that things with journalism have changed. That is what I have been hearing. It is what I have been reading and talking […]
Week 11 – Student journalism’s expanding roles
Yes, it makes sense that journalism programs embrace the new while holding on to the old. In this instance the new is technology, and the […]
Week 10 — The wonderful world of cybermedia
The phrase, “Because you can, doesn’t mean you should,” runs through my mind when I think of the possibilities presented by social media, or cybermedia. […]
Week 9 — Student media’s leadership role: Part 2
Any student considering a career in journalism in today’s world has to be aware of that journalism is not going to bring riches. It might […]
Week 8 — Student media’s leadership role
Two things here. First, from Chapter 7 of Kovach and Rosenstiel’s book, Blur, the deconstruction of what has been happening to news over the past […]
Week 7 — Multimedia: force for good — and danger
When I was reading through the Ethical Journalism Network’s Untold Stories: How Corruption and Conflicts of Interest Stalk the Newsroom, edited by Aidan White, I […]
Week 6 — Guidelines for reporting
Kovach and Rosenstiel in their book, Blur, promote “ways of skeptical knowing.” They admonish readers that they can no longer rely on “trust me” journalism. […]
Week 5: Handling sensitive issues — Part 2
Picking up from my last post, with a diminished press presence in towns and small cities, getting consequential news with some regularity is a problem. […]
Week 4: Handling sensitive issues
Two comments broke through to grab my attention from this week’s readings and viewing. Both moments occurred in the Newseum’s “The Future of the News: […]