Tag Archives: Journalism

Investigative Journalism, Where’d You Go, I Miss you So

Seems like its been forever… since the last investigative piece of journalism that has shook the country. Now that I got my inner Fort Minor out of me, I’m curious as to why there aren’t these huge investigative stories in …

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Professional Journalism and Citizen Journalism Need for Each Other

The need for and supply of professional journalists has dwindled in recent years due to advancements in our technology. The internet took most of the revenue from print media thanks to some unfortunate management from newspapers giving away their content …

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In Miami, Cannibals Will Eat Your Face

Saying there is a need for disturbing images in order to increase awareness of an issue is a little macabre. And it’s something I don’t totally agree with. There is already the idea that such photos are published for sensationalist …

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Do the Media Have Your Best Interest in Mind?

These past few decades, everyday media is increasingly sensationalized and entertainment focused. Media’s main purpose now lies in putting out a compelling and interesting story to get attention and an audience. It is a more “self-satisfying” and “self-gratifying” mission to …

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Introducing the Internet in Some Cultures Can Make All The Difference

Once a culture is introduced to the Internet, information is discharged at a constant frequency. Social Media, blogging, Internet news sites, and social media sites have become an equal force to conventional media such as newspapers and broadcast news. Internet …

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Who really is accountable when it comes to the news?

Who really is accountable when it comes to the news? Many people swear by a news source, and others condemn that same news source with every bone in their body. Who is to say what or who everyone should believe? …

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War Reporting: Why Face the Risks?

Facing the possibility of threat…constant danger…putting your own life on the line; thus are the risks of obtaining coverage as a wartime correspondent or photographer. Along with exposure to battle, conflicts can also arise between the military and the press, …

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Why Don’t We Choose the News?

In the information age that we live in today, we are given a multitude of choices when it comes to news. You can watch it on TV, read it in print or watch it and read it on the web. …

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How Pictures Can Help and Hurt

We never think about the pictures we don’t see. Sometimes pictures are of gruesome content and sometimes they are of a beautiful subject. Either way pictures have the power to encapsulate all sorts of different emotions all at the same …

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Journalistic Integrity VS. Commercialism: The Face of the Modern Media

In the article “Learning to Love the (Shallow, Divisive, Unreliable) New Media by James Fallows, an argument is presented as to weather the journalistic integrity and overall quality of todays media, in print or broadcast is declining. Or was the …

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