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Erin Palmer:[email protected]
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What is journalism for?Part one.
What is the role of the journalist?
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K&R say: People have an intrinsic need to know what is
happening beyond their direct experience.
Do you buy that?
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The Awareness Instinct.
People crave information.
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We need to know what’s going on.
We need news.
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Exchanging information is the basis for creating
communitycommunity, for making human connections.
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News binds us as a society.
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Journalism is the system societies employ
to supply news.
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Journalism influences the quality of our lives, our thoughts and our culture.
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Journalists make the abstract real.
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It caused quite a controversy in London, which is what
images like that are meant to do. They're meant to basically cause a debate in the public: "Is this something we want to
be involved in?”
- Ken Jarecke
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Who makes the decisions?
• Gatekeepers: anchors, reporters, editors, etc.
• Regulators: the government (FCC, FTC), pressure groups like Parents Music Resource Center.
• Industry groups: Society of Professional Journalists, National Association of Broadcasters.
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Do you provide valuable information that will educate
people or do you provide information that
people want?
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What is journalism for?
Journalism is a business.
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Who pays for mass media?
• Advertisers pay to reach potential customers.
• Circulation and subscriber fees.
• Donations.
• Private support: foundations, corporations, etc.
• The government.
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The bulk of media is paid for through advertisers.
About 80% of newspaper.
About 95% of magazines.
Nearly 100% of television/ radio.
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Is that good or bad?
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That gives advertisers influence.
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Reaching a larger audience means outlets can charge more for the space/ time.
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In theory, Journalism serves the public.
Let’s think positively.
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Journalists set the agenda for the citizens.
We shed light on commonalities.
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We give the public the information they need to make
their lives better.
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Do you believe that?
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Being a journalist is a
HUGE responsibility.
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How do you know what is the proper behavior for journalists?
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The principles of journalism:
• Journalism’s first obligation is to the truth.
• Our loyalty is to the citizens.
• Journalism is a discipline of verification.
• We must remain independent.
• We must be an independent monitor of power.
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The principles, part II:
• We provide a forum for public criticism and compromise.
• We have a duty to make the significant interesting and relevant.
• We must be comprehensive.
• Journalists must have a conscience.
• Citizens are a vital part of journalism.
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Do you believe that?
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It’s a huge responsibility.
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“No government ought to be without censors and where the press is free, no one ever will.”
-Thomas Jefferson said
to George Washington
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… and in 1791, James Madison wrote these words …
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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.
- The First Amendment
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Journalism is the only profession whose rights are
addressed in the Constitution or Bill of Rights.
Not doctors, lawyers or educators.
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And yet there is no government certification
required to practice journalism like there is in medicine
or law.
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Anyone can be a journalist.
(now more than ever)
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Is Citizen Media the ultimate in Democracy?
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Or is it the path to the ultimate erosion of trust of the media?
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With so many options to choose from, people are only going to outlets that feed their
belief systems.
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As consumers have more and more options, our commonalities become fewer and fewer.
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We are becoming “fracturedfractured” as a society.
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As mass media disintegrates, conglomerates buy more and
more outlets.
Putting more and more influence into fewer hands.
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What can journalists do to make sure the public is
properly educated?
Seriously, do you have an answer?
The industry needs one.
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There are three major reasons journalism is changing:
• Technology (specifically the way we get our information).
• The conglomeration of media outlets.
• Globalization (the world is accessible to nearly everyone immediately).
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Technology?
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Technology?
The Internet. And cool new toys.
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Media Media consolidationconsolidation.
• Rupert Murdoch owns FOX, DirecTV the Wall Street Journal and numerous other newspapers, magazines and broadcast networks around the world.
• Disney owns ABC.
• General Electric owns NBC.
• Comcast is buying NBC/ Universal.
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Who controls the flow of information?
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In an era of globalization, how do you serve the public?
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Reaching a larger audience means outlets can charge more for the space/ time.
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So do you specialize or be massively general?
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What is journalism for?
The industry is evolving.The industry is evolving.
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Is traditional journalism even relevant anymore?
And do the Principles of JournalismPrinciples of Journalism continue to be applicable?
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What is journalism for?