1. Poynter- http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=2&aid=166454]
A.The St. Petersburg Times utilized photos taken from an Iphone in the main story of their weekend section. This completely negates the principal of having the biggest and best and most expensive camera, it is just one more way that journalism is becoming "corrupted" in a way by everyone now having the technology to be able to be just as effective as civilian journalism with a tool as simple as an Iphone as a photojournalist who has spent thousands on cameras and equipment, this is ushering a new era of journalism and requires us to revisit the age old question of what can be qualified as journalism.
B. The ethics of journalism teach us about WHO is a journalism. I recently read a quote that said "never have so many said so little about so much." Such accessible technology has given citizens the permission to be journalists, which lends it self to the disintegration of the system of information gathering (journalism) that we have come to rely on. Truth, the most essential element is sacrificed for individuals pushing their own agenda.
C. I can use this in remembering that A. I am a journalist at all times, there is always a story, and even if the best I can do is take a picture with my camera phone I am still capturing something and B. Although this story demonstrates the fact that journalism is everywhere, and because the technology is more available then ever the importance of presenting quality information is essential in a world that is becoming more and more saturated by not only nonessential information but by people who are not professionals, which makes good journalism tougher and tougher to find.
2. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/15/world/asia/15diplo.html?scp=3&sq=jan%2015,%202010&st=cse
This is a great example of good journalism for several reasons. I love the way the reporter covered the story from so many angles and used such a variety of sources. This article quotes a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a google executive, China’s Foreign Minister, a white house spokesperson and President Obama. Of course the NY times has excellent access to these kinds of high profile sources, and the kind of journalism that I am involved in does not usually lend it self to such such strong sources, however, that does not excuse a lower profile journalism from fact checking using the best sources available.
A.The St. Petersburg Times utilized photos taken from an Iphone in the main story of their weekend section. This completely negates the principal of having the biggest and best and most expensive camera, it is just one more way that journalism is becoming "corrupted" in a way by everyone now having the technology to be able to be just as effective as civilian journalism with a tool as simple as an Iphone as a photojournalist who has spent thousands on cameras and equipment, this is ushering a new era of journalism and requires us to revisit the age old question of what can be qualified as journalism.
B. The ethics of journalism teach us about WHO is a journalism. I recently read a quote that said "never have so many said so little about so much." Such accessible technology has given citizens the permission to be journalists, which lends it self to the disintegration of the system of information gathering (journalism) that we have come to rely on. Truth, the most essential element is sacrificed for individuals pushing their own agenda.
C. I can use this in remembering that A. I am a journalist at all times, there is always a story, and even if the best I can do is take a picture with my camera phone I am still capturing something and B. Although this story demonstrates the fact that journalism is everywhere, and because the technology is more available then ever the importance of presenting quality information is essential in a world that is becoming more and more saturated by not only nonessential information but by people who are not professionals, which makes good journalism tougher and tougher to find.
2. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/15/world/asia/15diplo.html?scp=3&sq=jan%2015,%202010&st=cse
This is a great example of good journalism for several reasons. I love the way the reporter covered the story from so many angles and used such a variety of sources. This article quotes a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a google executive, China’s Foreign Minister, a white house spokesperson and President Obama. Of course the NY times has excellent access to these kinds of high profile sources, and the kind of journalism that I am involved in does not usually lend it self to such such strong sources, however, that does not excuse a lower profile journalism from fact checking using the best sources available.
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