When you think of Journalism you might have a vivid picture of men and women standing in a room gathering information trying to get it on national television. Or you might have the image of a lone man sitting in a dark room writing a news article for the Sunday paper. Whatever you think Journalism is I'm going to tell you what I think it is.
Journalism is people gathering information about what is going on in the world and giving it out to the public. It can be in many forms. People can broadcast it over the radio, write it in a newspaper or magazine, go on television or post something on the internet. All of these are great ways to get information out. But what qualifies a person to be a journalist?
To become a journalist there are no requirements set by the law. You can become an independent journalist working by yourself or you can go to journalism school so you could get a job with a big company like CNN. I think the requirements that you need to be a journalist is first go to journalism school. After you finish journalism school you should have to serve as an intern in some company for at least two years. After that you should have to put together a book with all your works so it can be reviewed to see if you can become a certified journalists.
I believe this is the best option because the world of journalism is full of false facts. If you became a certified journalist with a company people would check the facts and make sure they are correct. After they are checked it can be published to the public. I don't know about you but I like having the facts straight.
Two of my favorite journalists of all time is Anderson Cooper and Katie Couric. The reason why these two are my favorite is because they are very professional in their line of work. Also they work for large companies that proof read all their facts before they present them to the public.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
1.04 Jornalism Today
Every time we turn on the television there is a new news report. It could be about a foreign issue or even a domestic issue that is down the street from where you live. In this lesson I was asked to interview three different people. The question I asked them was, "How do you get your news?" The answers differed since all three of these people come from different generations.
Before we get into the answers from these three people lets talk about the news. How do we get the news? We get the news in many different ways. Journalism has really evolved since the time of radio broadcasts. We now have television broadcasts and the internet. All of these are great ways to get news. I believe it is based on personal preference so lets see what they say.
The first person person I interviewed was my good friend, Bill. He is my age and comes from my "generation". I asked him how he got his news and he said, "the internet". I have found that most people my age rely on the internet to get news whether its sports or politics. I think it is this case because we are always connected to our phones or computers. We are known as the "technological generation".
The next person I interviewed was my father, Rob. I chose to not reveal his age because he doesn't like telling people his age. I have found many people his age are shy about revealing their age so I will just say he is in his 40's. I asked him the questions, "How do you get your news?" He replied, "the internet and television." The reason he says he relies on both because when he is at work and in his car he uses his police computer when there is no television. I would consider him a news junkie since he is always wanting to see whats going on in the world.
The final person I interviewed was my sweet grandmother, Karen. She also chose not reveal her age but she is past her 60's. I asked her the question I asked the last two people and she replied, "I rely on the television to get news." I was really surprised that an older person didn't rely on radio broadcasts since that was their "time" but she doesn't. I questioned her further by asking, "how come you don't listen to the radio broadcasts?" She said that radio is outdated and the new technology is what she enjoys.
It seems that the new technology is taking over the old. Every person I asked said that they relied on the television or internet. The radio is still around but it seems like to these people that it isn't as popular as the internet or television which I would agree. I can only imagine what the future is going to bring in journalism and news world.
Before we get into the answers from these three people lets talk about the news. How do we get the news? We get the news in many different ways. Journalism has really evolved since the time of radio broadcasts. We now have television broadcasts and the internet. All of these are great ways to get news. I believe it is based on personal preference so lets see what they say.
The first person person I interviewed was my good friend, Bill. He is my age and comes from my "generation". I asked him how he got his news and he said, "the internet". I have found that most people my age rely on the internet to get news whether its sports or politics. I think it is this case because we are always connected to our phones or computers. We are known as the "technological generation".
The next person I interviewed was my father, Rob. I chose to not reveal his age because he doesn't like telling people his age. I have found many people his age are shy about revealing their age so I will just say he is in his 40's. I asked him the questions, "How do you get your news?" He replied, "the internet and television." The reason he says he relies on both because when he is at work and in his car he uses his police computer when there is no television. I would consider him a news junkie since he is always wanting to see whats going on in the world.
The final person I interviewed was my sweet grandmother, Karen. She also chose not reveal her age but she is past her 60's. I asked her the question I asked the last two people and she replied, "I rely on the television to get news." I was really surprised that an older person didn't rely on radio broadcasts since that was their "time" but she doesn't. I questioned her further by asking, "how come you don't listen to the radio broadcasts?" She said that radio is outdated and the new technology is what she enjoys.
It seems that the new technology is taking over the old. Every person I asked said that they relied on the television or internet. The radio is still around but it seems like to these people that it isn't as popular as the internet or television which I would agree. I can only imagine what the future is going to bring in journalism and news world.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
01.02 Evolution of American Journalism
Journalism for early American history is just as important today as it was when it was granted to us by the Bill of Rights. The early Americans were given a big victory over the government. Not to many governments allow their citizens this right. This gave rise to many freedoms that we can now express freely.
The year is 1690 and one of the first American newspapers was published. This seems like it was a great success but it ended with the publisher being arrested. You may be asking, "Isn't this protected under our rights?" It is protected under our rights but not till the Bill of Rights was published. We are now allowed to express our opinions without worry of being thrown in jail as long as the comments aren't threatening.
In the previous paragraph I was writing about how great the Bill of Rights is for our society. It gives us the freedom to write anything in the press we want. One example of that is publishing articles about religion. In America we are allowed to publish as many things as we want about it. It doesn't matter if you believe it or not. In other countries that would be very dangerous. So what happened if we didn't have freedom of the press? We would be thrown in jail and some publishers even killed if it got that extreme like in other countries. I believe there would be violence in the streets and it would snowball out of control. I have always been taught that you cant bottle up emotion or its going to explode. With freedom of the press we can read things we want and it sort of lets the emotions out. It is good for us and as a society.
The year is 1690 and one of the first American newspapers was published. This seems like it was a great success but it ended with the publisher being arrested. You may be asking, "Isn't this protected under our rights?" It is protected under our rights but not till the Bill of Rights was published. We are now allowed to express our opinions without worry of being thrown in jail as long as the comments aren't threatening.
In the previous paragraph I was writing about how great the Bill of Rights is for our society. It gives us the freedom to write anything in the press we want. One example of that is publishing articles about religion. In America we are allowed to publish as many things as we want about it. It doesn't matter if you believe it or not. In other countries that would be very dangerous. So what happened if we didn't have freedom of the press? We would be thrown in jail and some publishers even killed if it got that extreme like in other countries. I believe there would be violence in the streets and it would snowball out of control. I have always been taught that you cant bottle up emotion or its going to explode. With freedom of the press we can read things we want and it sort of lets the emotions out. It is good for us and as a society.
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