Journalismppt2

• SCOPE AND NATURE OF JOURNALISM

  • Collection and dissemination of news through print or electronic media
  • Reporting, writing, editing, photographing, broadcasting
  • Broadsheets, tabloids, newsletters, magazines
• SCOPE AND NATURE OF JOURNALISM
• Journalism


  From the Latin word “diurnal” (daily)
• JOURNALISM VS. LITERATURE


  JOURNALISM vs. LITERATURE
• JOURNALISM


  • Based on facts
  • News, editorials, features
  • Strict method of diving ideas through paragraphs
• LITERATURE


  • Based on the writer’s imagination
  • Prose and poetry
  • Variety of forms and styles
• TENETS OF JOURNALISM


  • RESPONSIBILITY
  • FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
  • INDEPENDENCE
  • OBJECTIVITY, TRUTHFULNESS & ACCURACY
  • FAIRNESS
• KILLERS OF BALANCED REPORTING

  • Yellow Journalism
  • New Journalism
  • Advocacy Journalism
  • Stylistic Journalism
  • Editorializing
• FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF THE PRESS

  • The quality of the newspaper must be reflected in the editorial policy
  • Newspapers must have integrity and readers’ confidence
  • Newspapers may educate, eliminate, assist, or entertain. It is therefore a moral responsibility to balance public interest and the gains
  • The fundamental quality of the newspaper rests on the quality of the content and the kind of editorial product
  • Freedom of the press encompasses responsibility of the newspapers
  • The press must practice the principles of journalism without bias and self-interest
• LIMITATIONS OF THE PRESS


  • Reports are flawed
  • Proneness to be manipulated by the powerful, the elite, and the politicians
• Categories of national newspapers

  • POPULAR PAPER
  • HEAVY/QUALITY PAPER
• POPULAR PAPER


  • Presents news in a lively fashion with easy-to-read articles and many photographs
• HEAVY/QUALITY PAPER


  • Printed with longer articles about important and serious events in the country
• Campus Paper


  The version of the national newspaper within an academic institution
• The Campus Paper is a free newspaper of the students, by the students, and for the students to circulate within the academic community
• The Campus Journalism Act of 1991 (Republic Act 7079) legalized the establishment of campus publications in basic education and in higher learning institutions
• University of Santo Tomas published "El Liliputiense" in 1890
• The University of the Philippines published "The College Folio", now "The Philippine Collegian", in 1910
• The Torch of the Philippine Normal University, The Guidon of the Ateneo de Manila University, and The Varsitarian of the University of Santo Tomas were also published two years later
• Carlos Romulo y Peña edited "The Coconut", the official student publication of Manila High School, now the Araullo High School, in 1912, considered the first and oldest high school newspaper in the country
• In 1923, La Union High School published "The La Union Tab", the first printed and regularly issued high school newspaper in the country
• Other campus newspapers


  • The Pampangan (Pampanga High School, 1925)
  • The Leytean (Leyte High School, 1925)
  • The Rizalian (Rizal High School, 1926)
  • The Coconut (Tayabas High School, 1927)
  • The Volcano (Batangas High School, 1927)
  • The Toil (La Union Trade School, 1928)
  • The Samarininan (Samar High School, 1928)
  • The Melting Pot (Tarlac High School, 1929)
  • The Granary (Nueva Ecija High School, 1929)
  • The Torres's Torch (Torres High School, 1930)
  • The Cagayan Student Chronicle (Cagayan High School, 1931)
• Functions of Campus Papers

  1. Provides opportunity for interesting writing

  2. Gives students the opportunity to learn how to read the newspapers

  3. Acts as a stimulus to better work

  4. Develops students’ power of observation and discrimination concerning relative merits of news articles

  5. Serves as an outlet and motivation for journalistic writing

  6. Develops qualities of cooperation, accuracy, tolerance, responsibility, and leadership

  7. Aid to Students

  8. Informs the community of the work of the school

  9. Publishes school news

  10. Creates and expresses school opinions

  11. Makes known the achievements of the school

  12. Helps unify the school

  13. Encourages and stimulates worthwhile activities

  14. Aid to School & Community

  15. Develops the right standard of conduct

  16. Provides an outlet for students’ suggestions for the betterment of the school

  17. Develops better interschool relationships

  18. Develops school spirit

  19. Develops cooperation between parents and the school

  20. Aid to School & Community
• Other functions of Campus Paper

  • Information Function
  • Opinion Function
  • Education Function
  • Watchdog Function
  • Laboratory Function
  • Documentation Function
  • Entertainment Function
  • Developmental Function