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Journalism Media Literacy Unit Honors Language and Composition Some definitions Gathering and reporting of news through the media Reporting, writing, editing, photographing, or broadcasting news Activity of writing for newspapers or magazines or of broadcasting news on radio or television Role of Journalism Give fair, accurate and unbiased opinions of the events as they unfold. through investigative reporting or on the scene reporting. Eyes and ears of the citizens. Journalist interprets news as it is happening such as a news conference, public event or a court proceeding. Humor or entertain us: political cartoons, human-interest stories, commentaries, columns. First Amendment: protected speech Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. History of Journalism http://www.uncp.edu/home/acurtis/Cours es/ResourcesForCourses/JournalismHist ory.html Journalists Code of Ethics http://www.spj.org/ethicscode.asp Ethics Libel Slander Bias Protecting Sources Respecting Privacy Changes in journalism Trends and statistics Citizen journalism Embedded journalists The Blogosphere Digital journalism The demise of the newspaper Over the past two decades newspaper circulation continues to fall Why? Internet is free Advertising revenues down Budget cuts One paper cities, as opposed to 2-3 Can newspapers survive? Even The Spoke is reacting www.stoganews.com Citizen Journalism Everyone can be a journalist Flip cams Smart phones Digitalized media http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_FsY 6ksDzk Embedded Journalism Used in war situations News reporters attached to military units Good or bad? Positive: view into a world previously not known to public Negative: military propaganda The Blogosphere Instant, raw, unedited and uncensored Self-publishing Sometimes shocking Biased Free Credibility questionable; consider the source Digitalized Journalism Many news sources are known for their online presence: Huffington Post Slate Traditional to digital: cnn.com, msnbc.com, etc. Instant News Twitter Google Alerts RSS feeds At what cost? Other types: Photojournalism Pictures that tell stories Photojournalism Pulitzer Prizes for photojournalism: http://www.pulitzer.org/works/2011Breaking-News-Photography Other types: documentary A new form of investigative journalism Activism More prominent as journalism since advent of CNN type “snippet” news Homework Find an article online about one of the following topics: Embedded journalists Blogs and journalism Citizen journalism Ethics in journalism Another media related current event Be prepared to discuss main points Homework, Continued Attach article to a typed document that includes the following: MLA header Name of article, source, author, date A one-two paragraph summary of main ideas Intended audience (may need to research readership statistics)