JOUR 3090 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Social Security Number, Executive Session, Jargon
23 Aug 2016
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Journalism: all about discovering the best attainable version of the truth, telling a compelling story through words, visuals, graphics, etc. about what we learn, constrained by laws, ethical codes, routines and rituals. Elements of journalism: 1st obligation is to the truth, 1st loyalty is to citizens. Divorce other loyalty separates journalism from pr: essence is discipline of verification. If your mother says she loves you, check it out: practitioners must maintain an independence from those that they cover, independent monitor of power, forum for public criticism and compromise. Godwin"s law: it must strive to keep the significant interesting and relevant. Need to understand it to do so. Tv news is the worst at this. That"s not news : probably means nature of story makes them look bad, anything relevant, useful, interesting = news. But must be relevant to your specific audience. The open records act: all meeting and records are public.
