ethical problems - journalists英语论文

1）What are some of the main differences between television journalism and print journalism?

２）What are some of the main differences between online journalism and print journalism?

３）What are some of the benefits and disadvantages of citizen journalism?

４）How is journalism regulated in Britain and/or the United States?

５）What are some of the main ethical problems facing journalists today?

６）What are some of the main differences between Chinese journalism and

American or British journalism?

７）How do you think British or American or Chinese journalism will develop in the future?

８） What are some of the differences and similarities between Chinese journalism education and American or British journalism education?

9 ) Compare two articles from two different new publications (at least one in English) about either the European financial crisis; the 2012 presidential election or the problems in Syria. What are some of the differences between the two articles?

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They make or hide the news.

If the media does not want a story to become known, they bury it in the midst of

their paper or program or just outright ignore it.

One year into the Iraq War, a big-name reporter was listening to an Army Captain

explain the military’s accomplishments in building a better Iraq. Clean water,

electricity, supplies for orphanages & schools-often raised by the military

themselves, ...

I forget who it was (Peter Jennings, Tom Brokaw, or Brian Williams, Stone Philips)

says to the Captain, "That’s great, how does your story get out".

Then genocide in the Sudan or Natalie Holloway. No contest, Where would you

rather spend expense account money? Which place has the air conditioned hotels

& bars with top quality booze.

After the Clinton impeachment fiasco, some journalists blame Clinton for distracting

them from the important issue in the Balkans. Who are they trying to fool? I didn't

need to see Ken Starr carrying out his garbage (real household waste - not the

media circus) every morning as the lead story on the national news. I mean ABC,

CBS, & NBC in their half hour time slot.

Again, where do you want to spend your expense account monies, Washington DC

or Kosovo?

Britney, Michael Jackson, Paris, Lindsey, ad nauseum fills our papers & air

waves. If it is not that it is biases. A publisher once said, "I don't care if my

reporters are making love to the elephants, but if they are, they will not be assigned

to report on the circus". This was when the media reported on the news, not

shaped it to present their views.

5 ideas for you...

1. The demand for news vs. the risks to our men and women of embedding

journalists with the troops.

2. The demand for news with sizzle that sells vs. the value of news analysis;

e.g., the 10pm/11pm news vs. the Lehrer News Hour

3. The ethical bounds to getting the breaking story; e.g., embedding a

journalist with a terror group

4. Defining the bounds between telling all sides of a story vs. presenting a one-sided pseudo propaganda piece

5. Ensuring that heart- and gut-wrenching photojournalism doesn't become

one-sided propaganda

Ideas 4 and 5 are of special interest to me as they walk to fuzzy area between the

news and propaganda. If you need ready data on this, go to coverage of Israel and

the Palestinians. Oddly enough, the most balanced reporting I have found comes

not from outside the region but from 1 Israeli newspaper. At the risk of

generalizing, Arab, European, and UK media tend to weigh in on one side of the

situation. Most US media weigh in on the other side. Some top quality journalism

comes from BBC coverage of world news. Yet, on this subject, you will find them

along with the Guardian, and even the Independent as reasonably systematically

biased against Israel. If that were all you read for information, it is no wonder you

might be one-sided in your political views.

Hope this helps. By the way, what name did you end up going with on your other

project?

Relationship with freedom of the press

In countries without

freedom of the press, the majority of people who report the news may not

follow the above-described standards of journalism. Non-free media are often prohibited from

criticizing the national government, and in many cases are required to

distribute

propaganda as if it were news. Various other forms of censorship may restrict

reporting on issues the government deems sensitive.

Variations, violations, and controversies