Journalism school

Spotlight is about the investigative reporting unit of the Boston Globe, a somewhat autonomous journalistic arm of the newspaper. In 2001, Marty Baron, the newly hired editor-in-chief, asks the crew to drop the story they're currently working on and focus on allegations regarding a priest named John Geoghan (who's accused of molesting more than 80 boys). The team initially doubts whether the story will pick up traction with the local community, and are hesitant in pursuing it, feeling that Baron…

Glass committed an error and he fabricated about the bar tender in his article, Kelly even did not talk about the ethical responsibility of journalism. He also didn’t consider to take some accountability charge for fabricating even small piece of entire article. Sparing Glass’s small fabrication was a big motivation to his big desire to shine brightly in journalism industry. Maybe, Glass could have made another choice if Michael discussed with Glass about what he found out in Glass’s article and…

Journalist Clare Boothe Luce uses her introduction to give a reason for the audience to listen to her advice and convince the audience that the ideas she is explaining are worth listening to. Clare Luce uses the beginning of the introduction to say that she is honored to be talking to the Women’s National Press Club. As Clare starts the speech she mentions how there is something else was on her mind. As she states “ I stand here invited to throw rocks at you” (line5-6) intending to say that…

In the recent events in politics including the debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton the media use has increased dramatically and for most people this is not the best thing for america. These are some things that show more of the mix between the media and politics and also why it’s being used. One of the big reasons that politicians use the media is because of the big increase in the use of media and politicians use the media and people’s opinions to pull in the vote in…

Columnist, Anne Applebaum, uses her writing as a platform for change. She targets several governments to establish her belief in reform, and makes a point in educating the public on their tactics. Applebaum effectively conveys her political opinions through various rhetorical strategies, organization techniques, and consistent diction. Pathos in her columns allows the audience to emotionally connect with the work and her point of view, rather than feel like they are reading a strictly objective…

Journalism today is full of agenda setting and while a lot of people today are clamoring for unbiased news stories and outlets. The idea of agenda setting is so complex and has both positives and negatives to it. One of the biggest cases of agenda setting I believe was seen in 2014 after the shooting of Micheal Brown in Furgeson, Missouri. The news of his death, the decision to not charge the officer, and the ensuing protests all caused a stir within the media. Fox News was a big contributor…

The piece still gave the information, but with a riveting tone, a change people desired. Anderson argued that people quickly grew tired of this over descriptive writing and by 1957 the style changed again to be informative and entertaining, but not as descriptive as the articles in the 1920s. This move was led by Larry Merchant, sports editor for Philadelphia’s Daily News. Authors such as Michael Oriard, also credit the rise of sports with newspapers. Oriard is the author of several books…

“Project Censored educates students and the public about the importance of a truly free press for democratic self-government. We expose and oppose news censorship and we promote independent investigative journalism, media literacy, and critical thinking.” Project censored is a way to find out information that is either not being reported enough, or unfortunately, not being reported at all. Modern media censorship is what we are exposed to when we watch any kind of popular corporate news…

This is a response to question number two. One of the mediums that we discussed in class was newspaper. Newspapers, as many people may know, have been on the decline in recent years, in terms of consumption. This is due to the increase in the amount of technology we use on an everyday basis and how much it has innovated. Technology has made it easier and easier to access worldwide news. 30 years ago, or even 15 years ago if you wanted to find out daily news you had to walk all the way to the…

Citing numerous studies of media content, composition and reception, Thomas Patterson in Informing the News: The Need for Knowledge-Based Journalism, argues for an ambitious rethinking of how journalists are trained. Concerned about the misinformation among Americans who rely on media as their main source of information, Patterson traces the quickening of news cycles from trends to process to elucidate how they have resulted in the loss of accuracy in reporting. Today’s journalists too often…