Journalismppt1

• Scope and nature of journalism:

  • Involves the collection and dissemination of news through print or electronic media
  • Includes reporting, writing, editing, photographing, and broadcasting
  • Media forms: broadsheets, tabloids, newsletters, magazines
  • Derived from the Latin word “diurnal” meaning daily
• Journalism vs. Literature:

  Journalism is based on facts, includes news, editorials, and features, and follows a strict method of diving ideas through paragraphs.

  Literature is based on the writer’s imagination, includes prose and poetry, and offers a variety of forms and styles
• Tenets of journalism:

  • Responsibility
  • Freedom of the press
  • Independence
  • Objectivity, truthfulness, and 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, balancing public interest and gains
  • 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