1. Discuss the chapter review - "Test Yourself" - on page 138 in my book (which would be 134 in yours); andBe ready to re-read the chapter in 90 seconds and provide me with the most salient quote ... i.e. the quote that sums it all up in 25 words or less.
2. Preview and do a quick overview of Chapter 7, "Law and Ethics."
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Monday, April 12, 2010
COMM 209: For Wednesday, April 14
In Harrower's "Inside Reporting," we will:
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- I'm a retired English, journalism and cultural studies teacher at Springfield College in Illinois (acquired by Benedictine University and subsequently closed). I coordinate jam sessions for the "Clayville Pioneer Academy of Music" at Clayville Historic Site and the Prairieland Strings dulcimer club, and I sing in the choir and the contemporary praise team at Peace Lutheran Church in Springfield. On Hogfiddle I post links and video clips for our sessions and workshops on the mountain dulcimer (a.k.a. "hog fiddle"), as well as research notes on folklore and cultural studies, hymnody and traditional Anglo-Celtic and Scandinavian music. I also posted assignments and readings in my interdisciplinary humanities classes. The Mackerel Wrapper (now on hiatus), carried assignments and readings for my mass comm. students. I started teaching b/log when I chaired SCI-Benedictine's assessment committee, and reopened it as the privatization of public schools grew increasingly troubling and closer to home.
12 comments:
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1. Re-read the chapter - skim it.
2. Quote the quote.
3. Explain why you chose it.
"Journalists do have the power; their words can comfort the afflicted, afflict the comfortable, educate and entertain audiences of millions."
I chose this quote because it is telling us that a journalist cannot underestimate his/her ability to be heard by so many. They can be praised due to their stories, yet shunned or even targeted at the same time.
"Suppression of opinion and censorship of news are among the mortal weapons that dictatorships direct against their own people." President Franklin D. Roosevelt
This quote amplifies how important and relevent freedom of personal opinion and speech is. Suppression of these freedoms would not allow for the majority of news writing jobs that are around today.
Here's one I'd use, for example ...
Page 142 (in my edition): "'The power of the press' isn't just a noble-sounding cliche. It's real. ... But power often leads to trouble. ... You can crush the guilty -- but if you're not careful, you can crush the innocent too. And in return, y7ou can be sued. Disgraced. Dismissed.
QUOTE: Page 149- "Take care to be right. It is bad to be late, but worse to be wrong."
I chose this because I believe it sums up a journalist work and how they should conduct themselves.
“Reporters enjoy a certain amount of freedom, privilege, and power. But there’s a downside to reporting, too: you can get into all kinds of trouble.”
I like that quote the most from Chapter 7 and I personally think it sums up a lot of what we have been discussing in class. We talked about how yes, you can give your opinion to some extent, but you can’t just think that your own opinion is what you are supposed to write about. You also have to consider what you are writing about. Like the reporter talking about not liking asparagus. Just because he doesn’t like them, doesn’t mean that other people feel the same way. And plus, who cares if he personally likes them or not? As a reporter, you do want to give your opinion, but without putting something down just because you don’t like it personally. So add something into the review that gives your opinion some, but also says something good about the specific topic.
''The fault lies with this messy world we inhabit, not with your newspaper. We could conceal all the mean, messy, tragic, and unhappy aspects of our existence from you. We could print only the bright sunny ''news'' on Page One and squeeze all the bad stuff into briefs on the the last page of the classifieds, but we don't think that's what you want from us.'' ~Don Wycliff~
This quote shows how people want to see all the nice things in the world, but the reality the world is a messed up place. We don't know what is going to happen each day, so law and ethics has to be maintained in the world.
"our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited wihtout being lost." -thomas jefferson
I like this quote becasue i think it has a lot to do with the rules and regualtions of the press meaning the journalist and i think its a freedom to write and express how you feel, I know for me to express something its eariser to write about it rather than to say it so to some people that is their only expression they have and you shouldnt be limited.
"Journalists do have the power; their words can comfort the afflicted, afflict the comfortable, educate and entertain audiences of millions."
This quote shows how news today can capture the attention of the people. News writers must be willing to take the good with the bad. For some stories people may enjoy reading what they have said while in other stories people may not enjoy what has been writen and critisize the things the author has said.
"Press freedom is a noble idea, but in reality it's a threat: to shady politicians, bungling bureaucrats, military censors, corporations and crooks and con artists who try to promote their own welfare by restricting the free flow of information"
It's because of these people amongst many others as to why laws are always changing.What really is freedom, where can the line be crossed? If it weren't for these people mentioned along with others, there wouldn't be a chapter 7 covering such a topic, there also wouldn't be fair rights and laws that prevent journalists from burning sources, losing credibility by releasing information, and so on. Simple as protection with freedom of the press.
"Journalists do have power; their words can comfort the afflicted, afflict the comfortable, educate and entertain audiences of millions." I chose this quote because i think it paints a good picture of what a journalist has the power to do. How journalists can effect people in both positive and negative ways depending on what they decide to write.
“Reporters enjoy a certain amount of freedom, privilege, and power. But there’s a downside to reporting, too: you can get into all kinds of trouble.”
I like this quote because you can give your opinion to a certain extent, but you have to keep the majority of the story focused on the topic.
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