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!