Principles of Journalism, class recap #11 - Nov 20th

I thought this was an interesting topic today. Religion in the media. as we all know state and religion are to be seperate and this I thought was a good snapshot at how they merge as close as they can in our society. Its an obvious factor in some places and the way we report and cover the  events in religion are impactful and important. I thought the emphasis that he group brought to our attention were good points to consider and remember if we are ever asked to cover religion in our fields.   

I found this interesting link on NY Times page about some stories that they decided to cover on religion in that past. http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/r/religion_and_belief/

Principles of Journalism, class recap #10 - November 12th

This last class we had a special guest come and address us. I didn't catch his name but he was a former Bloomberg employee that made the switch to being a freelance writing a few years ago. He talked about specializing into a particular field of emphasis and becoming a master at it. He seemed like and gravitate to movie reviewing and analysis as that's what he did for his career. It was interesting to me that he could take something so specific as the movie industry and solely write about that for a living. Having been a animation major myself I was somewhat familiar with the business side of cinematography and was engaging and exciting topic to hear more about and to hear his opinion and research. but even with that interest I cant say I'd go subscribe to his site it read his writing very often. I could see the appeal though for some. He asked us why we were going into this industry and that we should have a passion for it if we wanted to do well and enjoy it. I'm not sure if I'm as into writing etc as it seems most are. I'm satisfied with learning after the fact and don't particularly enjoy being in the thick of it. On the other hand he did say some encouraging things to me, informing me that the if you go into sports broadcasting it is the most profitable part of journalism right now. Popular = profitable. He asked what will make the demanding job worth it for me? but if I work hard here it will show. Be eager and be excited and add my unique personality to it all.

This is an article I found that talked about one reporters career and how her passion influenced how she got to where she is now.
http://www.ajr.org/Article.asp?id=5452

An interesting article that talks about the overlap of reporting and personal life overlap.
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/passion-journalism

Principles of Journalism, class recap #9 - November 5th

 Today's class presentation was about the Boston Marathon bombings. I was pretty shocked by the content and the new ways that news is being covered and supplemented by today technology. every day citizens are beginning to add to the mix their unique spin on perspectives. whether that be a video from their phone or a tweet form their twitter account. opinions and 1st hand eye witness are ever more prevalent and vocal. 

 I enjoyed the conversation that arose throughout the lesson.  the contrast between what the media did badly against what they did well. I first found out about the bombings from my facebook. As discussed in class today, social media has forever altered the way that we receive news. The way that journalists gather and report the news has also been changed and upgraded dramatically due to social media. We don’t need or want to wait to pick up the morning paper then next day to get the biggest headlines of the day. All we have to do to get our news is to look at the internet.

As I said there are trade offs to this new change as with any new change of gathering and sharing news here is a good article about the changes 
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/09/nsa-surveillance-tech-companies-demand-sweeping-changes-to-us-laws

Principles of Journalism, class recap #8 - October 29th

This week in class we talked about how ethics effects journalism. 1st off it should be known to be voulintary not forced. The press should be loyal 1st to the public and not to those it discusses or reveiws. The press idealy should be interactive between the public and the wirter/ reporter. Fairness and balance should be involved. obviously surscutious news gatehring is not exceptable as well as disorting or exagerating the facts. Great thought should be put first be considered when includig pictures or names of discussed party and how that could impact them. Adhear to your conscience. Invite conversation and an open debate. seek truth and report it! minimize harm. act indepentdently. Be accountable, nad not just for saving face. know that one thought independent means nothing but collectielly focused on one thought is very powerfull. Rules and that regulate ethics in journaism were adapted and officailly published in 1971. I also learned abouthe Potter's box method in implementing ethic consideration while writing.

I found this website great for some ethical case studies
http://www.spj.org/ethicscasestudies.asp

More good debates on ethical concerns in journaism
http://ethics.journalism.wisc.edu/

Principles of Journalism, class recap #4 - Oct 1st

I never really considered this weeks in class topic/ presentation as a Journalists responsibility before now but I suppose its true. It is to share news they find with the world. With all the changing ways news is told in the world today we must share our talents with the world as well in global coverage of large events.   now a days with the with the demand for speed and news, journalists have to be careful before blurting out incorrect info on tweeter that isn’t accurate or posting a video on youtube that hasn’t had it’s sources checked. They need to be careful about the things they post. being fast at reporting does not outweigh accuracy when it comes to the news.  when they’re trying to keep up with the fast pace of the world today be clear and accurate!

Here is a interesting article about the topic 
on USA today's paper http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/story/2012-04-24/journalism-social-media-giffords-paterno-nikki-haley/54513448/1

Principles of Journalism, class recap #7 - October 22nd

Headline: NYT publishes top secret government secrets

Today's class topic was about he Pentagon papers. It sparked a fairly intense conversation that connected to the more recent Edward Snowden case. It was good to see that people had opinions for themselves and wouldn't back down due to popular or peer belief. I personally wasn't refreshed enough on the topic to participate in the conversation but could see each side's points and why certain conclusions would matter depending on how things really occurred.

 I thought that the group that presented did a really good job in bringing up the debate and controlling in a way that helped everyone come somewhat familiar witht he facts and how that was similar to the past pentagon papers.

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/p/pentagon_papers/index.html

http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB48/

Principles of Journalism, class recap #6 - October 15th

Principles of Journalism, class recap #5 - October 8th

This weeks group introduced a very important topic that we must all keep at the forefront of your minds as journalists. That being, all we work to achieve is centered around the benefit to the average day citizens and readers of our papers etc. Educate and breakdown the content that can impact them and to share in a concise unbiased manner that then the people can create their own opinion on that matter is critical to our business. It is a fine balance that we must judge between in the content of our shows papers etc of the popular entertainment and that of important controversial issues.  Because it is a business and we need to pay the bills and stay employed but need to provide and inform the public of big issues in their own neighborhood city state country world.

Here is a good artlice about the responsabilities we need to provide the public. http://www.ieiseattle.org/journalists.htm

Principles of Journalism, class recap #3 - Sep 25th

Last week our class talked about how journalist's see themselves within society. Although the role they play varies between nation and the world as a whole there are common threads amongst journalist's that are worth nothing. The Watch dog aspect. News reporters in general see themselves as a sort of guard for the average American or citizen again their at times quite government officials. Although the government may have their own reasons for keeping things hush hush. information in reporter's eyes is seen as free and needed to have full disclosure. Much of  what they do is to bridge this gap from the elite and prevy of intelligence to the every day man and women so they might be able to come to  opinion themselves.
This may not be the case at all times though, somtimes reporters have biases and an intent t persued their readers to a similiar state of mind. this is generaly frowned upon int he united states with teh ideal to stay neutural and to simply divulge information without persuaiding one way or another. but outseide the USA reporters are very passionate and attempt out right that they are activiely trying to change opinions.
2 way mirror -  our news reflect us as well as us in the news. we must be conscious how and what we consume in news. hold true to ourselves and respect others opinions.

http://www.qchron.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/tv-news-bias/article_0a17f096-4e41-54be-a0ce-7cd4d6e8ae54.html

http://www.umich.edu/~newsbias/manifestations.html

Principles of Journalism, class recap #2 - Sep 18th

This week was the first week that we had a student presentation. The topic was about the John F. Kennedy assassination and how the story was told and covered in the news.

The group started off by informing us that news as we know it today was first marketed and distributed as early as 59 BC in Rome known as the  "ACTA DIURNA" translated to mean The Daily Events. The first TV news broadcast that was of any real notice by the public was coverage of the Pearl Harbor attacks. But it still went fairly unviewed due to the availability of television sets to the average American etc. It wasn't till the Assassination of the president, John F. Kennedy which was televised that this new form of news sharing really take off. It was the first real event that a the nation could share in the combined experience together. By tuning into the televised event, rebroadcast, and follow up stories the general audience felt united and were amazed by the immediacy and detail of the news  that made the horrific act feel all that much more real. People we glued to their television sets for days in morning and panic watching as they were fed constant updates as  to the condition of the president and the attempts to find the perpetrator and bringing him to justice. Rules were not yet established about content that was appropriate to share over the air and the actual bullets could clearly be seen hitting their target in the chest of the president and later with a mist of red blood the kill shot hitting his head. It was the first time I had seen the footage and I was amazed at the raw nature of the imagery. I have no doubt of why the American people felt so strongly about the event and how they could be shocked and awed over the new form of news sharing that TV brought to their front rooms. Reporters themselves struggled to keep their composure as to the shock of the what they had just witnessed having no time to personally cope with the situation before they were supposed to report on it.
As a result to the coverage many rules were established in what should/ could be shown over air etc.
One last thing to mention was as interesting tid bit was the tele- type which was basically the twitter of time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDCt7dRndDo

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/jfk-50/NATL-John-F-Kennedy-assassination-in-Popular-Culture-50th-anniversary-222228441.html

Principles of Journalism, class recap #1 - Sep 11th

As assigned by my Communication Professor, I 'am to write a short recap of each of the classes I attend with my own unique thoughts on the topic we discussed.
This past week the subject was a short history of journalism and how that related and effected how we receive news today. It was interesting as well as comforting to know that their quasi philosophical model that journalist have tried to abide to in dispersing the news. The 6 C's: Constitutional, constructive, community oriented, credible, courageous & guided by conscience. My first impression of this list of journalistic ethics was comforting to know that we had something like this in place. As I said that they at least had some unifying guide to keep news at some quality or state and presented with judgment and discernment for their audience. As I thought more upon the 6 C's I become somewhat surprise that list was it. If you think about it there is a lot of room for personal interpretation on how for say one might go about being "courageous" in their news telling. I suppose that a code of ethics for something as vital as for the news should not interfere with the freedom to speech that is so important in our country. It is exciting to become more familiar with how we as fellow members of society have developed appropriate and efficient ways of sharing information about each other across the globe and within our own communities. I hope to continue to learn and develop my own writing and communication skills to be clear and informative if not engaging and compelling on future audiences I may touch.

One last note to mention Professor Campbell touched on a branch of journalism known as solution journalism with the purpose to have results come from the news they disperse. That sounded very interesting to me & I’d like to take some more time to see what that’s all about.

http://www.ehow.com/facts_7284791_code-conduct-journalists.html

http://media.gn.apc.org/nujcode.html

A Little About Me

 Hmm where to start... well, I would like to think of myself as someone with a healthy sense of adventure, with a love for the great outdoors. I'm someone you might call a jack of all trades, but master at none... I just simply enjoy trying new things!

Most would probably label me as athletic type of guy, enjoying a good game of pick up basketball or if I'm not there on the court you can usually find me at the local Ice rink working on my hockey game or running on a trail through the mountains.

All though I do enjoy a good sweat at times, I'm not afraid of my more artistic side, you could just as easily stumble upon me with my head buried in a book or busying myself with a sculpture or a wide variety of other crafts and design projects.

Currently I'm a student studying Communications with an emphasis in Broadcasting at BYU. I have my dream job working for BYU broadcasting, making TV! Primarily I cover sport events, but am involved with various studio gigs at times too. Some of the sports we cover include: Volleyball Basketball, Football, Soccer and Gymnastics. 

Right now life's good! And I'm excited to see what else life has in store for me in the coming years!