Ryan Leckey, a morning news anchor, and a Pitt-Johnstown alumnus, has one of the busiest jobs in Luzerne County. Even though Leckey attended Pitt-Johnstown, he spent a majority of his time at WJAC TV, only being on campus during his class periods. “Since I spent most of my time at the TV station, I didn’t really have much of a social life, but it was a lot of fun, and I’m really proud to tell people I went to UPJ.” Leckey said he always knew he wanted to work on television, so he came to Pitt-Johnstown
Wilson, 1995) elucidated appropriately, "a recurrent journalistic controversy has involved the question whether journalism is a true profession or merely a craft." Sparked primarily by Lippmann and Dewey, extending into the age of the penny press (mid 1980s) and later, the attempt to commercialise the news (late 1980s) to our present era, there has existed a contentious debate on journalism being distinguished as a profession (Wilson, 1995). Encapsulated in a democratic homeland since the advent of
ever since I was young; watching professional analyst talk about the trending topics in sports on ESPN and reading local reporter’s sport articles in the newspaper. Paying attention to this at such a young age has helped me learn so much on this occupation, for example, I knew about the mass amount of traveling a sport reporter has to do. Based on this knowledge, I was absolutely thrilled to do a report on sports
“He told the students that you have to love journalism and work hard at it. A journalist hears and sees some of the harsher stories in life, and then must report them to the world. ‘Images of lawyers arguing, families weeping, realizing this is the real world,’ Smith described. He told the students that it is a job that they have to be eager to go and do all again the next day” (Tadlock). Journalism is a field that includes many different opportunities. All of these opportunities require a passion
public up to date on what is happening internationally, nationally, and locally (“Reporters” para.1). They tell the news for newspapers, magazines, websites, television, and radio (“Reporters” para 1). Journalism is a field wide open with careers in print journalism , broadcasting, online journalism, and industry and corporate communications (“Becoming” para.1). While doing these jobs reporters must listen to their editor and the directions they give (“Reporters” para.10). They also spend a lot of
When journalism is chosen as a career, society tends to have a stereotypical image of a group of photographers chasing celebrities. If not, then an image of an anonymous person writing biased comments about current affairs, trying to manipulate the truth. However, their real work earns them every cent they deserve unlike the heartless lawyers who earns millions for defending criminals. The work of journalism, on the hand, consists of interviewing and attending events in all conditions in order to
networked journalism is, conventional media organization should transform the way of operating workflows as well as gathering, distributing information. Basically, the more audiences participate in generating contents, the more transparency and the more equality of information will be given to grass roots. The boundaries of journalism will be expended from only to professional journalists or journalism scholars to ordinary audiences. However, one thing what I worry about is, in terms of occupation of journalism
Using 1997 financial crisis and other examples, discuss how globalization is important to the modern business journalism. Introduction As we know, the Internet has a great contribution to globalisation. At the same time, globalisation shows its impact on economy and culture. Held and McGrew rightly defined globalsation is “[…] a widening, deepening and speeding up of worldwide interconnectedness in all aspects of contemporary
of Valerie Plume as a CIA operative. In questioning, Miller invoked reporter’s privilege by refusing to disclose the identity of her sources, fueling fire to a heavily debated ethical issue in the field of journalism (Pinguelo, “A Reporter’s Confidential Source…Revealed?”). Successful journalism tells the truth to a public who has the right to know it. Journalists have the responsibility to tell us a story laden with facts and the more important responsibility of revealing the source of their information
It could be argued that Germany is the "birthplace of European intellectual journalism"¹. However, media in Germany has had to endure frustration and trauma in achieving such high standing in the journalistic world; suffering the "fragmentation of the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries"¹, restrictions born of censorship and political control of the "long period of stultifying authoritarianism and relative economic stagnation"¹ of that time. Moreover, the Bismarck period, despite the
part of the journalistic (and thus media) occupation defines itself (Mcquail 2010 ). Its primary purpose, quips Bagdikian, “is to serve the general welfare by informing the people and enabling them to make judgements on the issue of the time” . The power, content and reach of news in today’s world is almost incalculable due to globalization and advances in communication technology. However, in the 1960’s a prevalent charge was brought against news journalism led by the New World Information and Communication
differs from that of the Commonwealth with respect to the scope of the privilege afforded to journalists. The definition of the term ‘journalist’ is relatively narrow in NSW. S126J defines a journalist as ‘a person engaged in the profession or occupation of journalism in connection with the publication of information in a news medium’. This definition is not intended to extend the journalists’ privilege to bloggers or people on social media. The former Attorney-General of NSW, Greg Smith stated “bloggers
Sports Journalism For my career research paper I have chosen to delve into the world of the sportswriter, and take a closer look at what that occupation may hold for myself. I have chosen to research this form of journalism because I consider myself to be a sports fanatic, and would very much enjoy spending the rest of my working days writing about the conditions in the world of sports. During the last year or so I have taken a period of time everyday to relax and read over sports articles from baseball
http://www.freedomforum.org/freedomforum/news/971003ca.html (9 October 1997). Germer, Fawn. "How Do You Feel?" American Journalism Review June 1995: 36-42. Kemkes, Michelle. " 'If it bleeds it leads,' isn't the motto at KVUE-TV." Minnesota News Council Newsletter, Summer 1996. http://www.mtn.org/newscouncil/Summer96/KVUE.html (9 October 1997). Rather, Dan. "Journalism and the Public Trust." Humanist Nov./Dec. 1990: 5-8. Scanlan, Frank. Personal interview. 10 October, 1997. Shaw, David
bias’, individual intent, beliefs and agendas. While it may not always be intentional as such, bias is always present, not so much in the delivery as much as in the perception or receipt. II. Rationale for the need to ‘debate’ the topic: Media journalism plays a significant and powerful role in delivering news content, and in reporting on American politics especially. Millions of
Bias in Coverage of War It’s true the media can shape the views of the public and can serve as a legitimate source that is empowered to analyze a situation and propose possible solutions because it allows the public to believe in its credibility and impartiality, at least that is what we seem to know. However, in reality, research and studies have shown that the media can generate dissent from the public by focusing or repeating information intended to sway the public. The Arab-Israeli conflict has
a right-wing family. When he was 18-years old, he joined the Israeli army, and served as a part of the infantry unit in the West Bank. Even though he had lived and worked close to that area most of his life, Yakobovich had never been exposed to occupation. After a few years, he refused to serve in the West Bank anymore and, as a result, he was sentenced to time in jail. During that period, he questioned why he had never realized the reality around him, and developed an idea for connecting “his people
husband and child, and not in opposition to ’em” (49). Jerry Cruncher has a secret second occupation that no one knows about. He is a body snatcher and hides this from his family and everyone else. When Mr. Lorry finds out about this, he is very disappointed and says, “My mind misgives me much, that you have used the respectable and great house of Tellson’s as a blind, and that you have had an unlawful occupation of an infamous description” (286). At the end of the story, Jerry Cruncher makes two vows
how to obtain money and power. Money and power can dilute the values of what people judge morally right. While the moral way of living would be to work a normal forty hour week to earn income, the easy and immoral way is to lie and cheat in their occupation to obtain promotions and benefits. Aristotle said, Every art and every "scientific investigation", as well as every action and "purposive choice," appears to aim at some good, hence the good has rightly been declared that which all things aim (Aristotle
Christie Scotty has a problem; she is concerned with people who judge by an occupation. She states that the ubiquitous statement "And what do you do?" is what triggers her concern. Christie was a small town reporter, considered a professional and important job whereas she waited tables during that period of time, she was deciding on what to do next. She then mentions the constant disrespect she got from the customers. The customers always made rude gestures and made unacceptable comments which were