US colleges screen some students for Ebola
Colleges in New York and North Dakota have issued tests for western African Students.
Friday, August 29, 2014
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
The Future of Journalism
Journalism has tremendously changed over the passed decade due to all the advances in technology and the introduction of online reporting. About the only thing that has not changed is the freedom of press journalists have from the First Amendment. The future of journalism is going to be very different but very bright.
Our culture is becoming more and more visual as the years progress and the attention span of the newer generations is getting smaller and smaller. So, the successful journalists of the upcoming times will need to incorporate visuals like video clips and captivating titles. The underlying detail that journalists of the future will need will be the need for an entrepreneurial mindset. Entrepreneurialism will be what companies are looking for in the future because of all the new media out there, according to Randy Bennet of the University of Florida.
The changes that are occurring in the journalism world are going to influence my life. For me I need to be able to adapt to the situations thrown at me and be willing to find new ideas to please the business I will work for. I am getting a minor in this degree which will improve my writing skills and creativity to produce interesting and new ideas.
Sunday, August 24, 2014
Objectivity is Possible
Being objective is attainable while writing news when the truth is told. When reporters tell the facts in a clear and concise way objectivity is possible. Solid facts and absolute truth need to always be the main goal of reporters and when they are not reporters lose their credibility and therefore their objectivity.
The key component for writing objectively according Dave Barry, famed pulitzer prize winning columnist and author is not knowing too much about the subject matter before writing. The more you know about the subject the more you are likely to form an opinion and therefore more of a bias. Avoiding a bias is impossible but writing towards objectivity is possible to higher degrees when following a more basic structural plan. This plan begins with gathering information from all the different perspectives. Having many different perspectives will diminish the reporters bias as well as make their work more objective. When readers see sources quoted from all perspectives they will not see the bias as clearly. The more sources the reporter has will also enhance the objectivity the story has. This is because it will add to the credibility of the author. Credibility is also a key factor in having objectivity with their stories because without credible sources the story completing falls through. Having clearly factual stories with multiple credible stories will give the stories the elements to make them objective.
If journalists keep the criteria above then there will be less bias in the news and more of an a objective truth. All reporters strive for their stories to be correct but many times they are not. Achieving an objective news story is possible but difficult.
The key component for writing objectively according Dave Barry, famed pulitzer prize winning columnist and author is not knowing too much about the subject matter before writing. The more you know about the subject the more you are likely to form an opinion and therefore more of a bias. Avoiding a bias is impossible but writing towards objectivity is possible to higher degrees when following a more basic structural plan. This plan begins with gathering information from all the different perspectives. Having many different perspectives will diminish the reporters bias as well as make their work more objective. When readers see sources quoted from all perspectives they will not see the bias as clearly. The more sources the reporter has will also enhance the objectivity the story has. This is because it will add to the credibility of the author. Credibility is also a key factor in having objectivity with their stories because without credible sources the story completing falls through. Having clearly factual stories with multiple credible stories will give the stories the elements to make them objective.
If journalists keep the criteria above then there will be less bias in the news and more of an a objective truth. All reporters strive for their stories to be correct but many times they are not. Achieving an objective news story is possible but difficult.
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Good Writing
Good writing is what humans use to understand the world, love, politics, economics and most other characteristics regarding the things we care about.
We see that effective writing is searched for daily by the concerned citizen and there are a few specific details they look for. Firstly, the writing needs to be credible and factual an example of credible writing would be Condoleezza Rice's 911 testimony. Her being the national security advisor at the time gave her instant credibility.
Another example of good writing would be Martin Luther King's "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" due the strategy he had put into it and the fact that it totally called the clergyman out from hiding and accusing them of being ignorant to the issues at hand.
The last piece of writing will be one of negative effect. Bad writing does not always have to be written poorly in order to be considered bad because some things could be either be taken out of context or blown up into a false story. For example, "People" magazine often uses minor stories in the celebrity world and blows them out of proportion and takes them out of context just to create drama so people will buy the story.
Good writing establishes credibility, correctness, and clarity within the minds of its readers.
- Condoleezza Rice's testimony on 9\11 answers about what happened are recognized as truth due to her credentials.
- Martin Luther king uses his critical understanding of the issues apparent at this time in history to concisely produce a message of truth to his audience of the Clergymen.
- Bad writing does not always have to be written poorly to be considered insufficient. A recurring example would be how many journalists try and bend the truth and try to create an audience for the story because they take a minor detail and run with that.
Journalists need to have a clarity while writing that captures the readers attention without distracting them.
We see that effective writing is searched for daily by the concerned citizen and there are a few specific details they look for. Firstly, the writing needs to be credible and factual an example of credible writing would be Condoleezza Rice's 911 testimony. Her being the national security advisor at the time gave her instant credibility.
Another example of good writing would be Martin Luther King's "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" due the strategy he had put into it and the fact that it totally called the clergyman out from hiding and accusing them of being ignorant to the issues at hand.
The last piece of writing will be one of negative effect. Bad writing does not always have to be written poorly in order to be considered bad because some things could be either be taken out of context or blown up into a false story. For example, "People" magazine often uses minor stories in the celebrity world and blows them out of proportion and takes them out of context just to create drama so people will buy the story.
Good writing establishes credibility, correctness, and clarity within the minds of its readers.
- Condoleezza Rice's testimony on 9\11 answers about what happened are recognized as truth due to her credentials.
- Martin Luther king uses his critical understanding of the issues apparent at this time in history to concisely produce a message of truth to his audience of the Clergymen.
- Bad writing does not always have to be written poorly to be considered insufficient. A recurring example would be how many journalists try and bend the truth and try to create an audience for the story because they take a minor detail and run with that.
Journalists need to have a clarity while writing that captures the readers attention without distracting them.
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