PRESS

9 th Century

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History

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A front page in 18641568

Gutenberg printing press

The Diamond Sutra

a buddhist scripture was the first dated example

of block printing

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How to get the press?

Free daily newspaper

Vending machine(USA)

Subscription

Newspaper stall / stand

Paper boy

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Where do you get the news from?

On the web

On newspapers’ Websites

WHERE ?

On television

On news channels

Daily newspapersWeekly news magazines

Young people aged 18-29

Source of news % 2006 % 2009

Television 62 59

Internet 32 59

Newspapers 29 28

Radio 16 18

Magazines 1 6

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Print media is still alive

•Current events

•Specific interests

•Quality press

•Gutter press

Media coverage

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Front page

Headlines

Columns

Captions

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Journalist

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Some fundamental skills

•Finding stories

•Finding information

•Contacting people

•Evaluating sources

•Writing releases

•Working under pressure

•Explaining things in an

objective/unbiased way

In the newsroom

•Reliable

• Trustworthy ?

•Un/biased

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Speaker & Reporter

Newscaster/anchor(person)

•works with press releases

•works in a studio

•provides audience with comments

Reporter

witnesses the events

works on hot spots

provides audience with live reports

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Investigative journalism

•Reporting on a major issue

•A deep investigation to discover the

truth

•Obtain suppressed documents

•Telephone bugging

•Undercover filming or reporting

•Facts must support the reports

•The Watergate

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Muckraking

•Controversy

•Sensationalism

•Catchy/Shock value headlines

•Scandal attracts attention

How to create a sensational

story that will attract audience

or sell newspapers?

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Legal

charge!

Fraud!

Scandal!

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The 4th Estate

The power of the press

Can bring down a

government

(Nixon)

Can get powerful private

interests to give accounts

Can infiltrate many networks

Can influence audience’s

views

Can turn on people’s

emotions

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Inquisitive journalists at press conference

with US President and British PM

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The press in the electronic age

The internet now rivals television

as a main source of news

What future for «great

journalism»?

Will the net overtake newspapers

as news outlet?

Towards a new media

audience?

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Focus on . . .

Christiane Amanpour

Born in 1958 in Teheran

Primary education in Iran

Higher education in Britain

Studied journalism in the USA

Became chief international correspondent for CNN

1992-2010

She became famous for reporting from active war

zones and securing exclusive interviews

She ranked first in Forbes’ « world most powerful

women » in 2006

She stands as an example of the strength and

courage that a woman can have in the profession

She now works for ABC (channel)

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RECAP

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MUCKRAKING

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