In the "elements" of journalism by Kovach and Rosenstiel, there were several things I could relate with (share my concerns about journalism) in chapters 3 to 5...
they are:
Solution-oriented journalism (p 67)
"the station will attempt to find or spotlight solutions, not just focus on problems..."
this is the type of journalsim I'd like to get involve in. In the past the reason why I'm so skeptic about news in general is because they always focus on disasters and violence (the "newsworthy ones"), and problem-solving news were often overlooked. I'm not saying that news should be impartial or sugarcoated because if they were, they would betray their primary audience: "the citizens." I'm just saying that too much horrible things will just ruin people's hopes and perspectives.
Confusion
as a setonian journalist sometimes i find myself confuse especially when writing news article (that's why I like writing opinion columns because they are based more on my perspective (there's no way I can misquote myself (I'm my only source)...what i did find affirming was on page 106, "personal perspective colors journalism."
Objectivity versus impartiality
i found this a hard concept to grasp because it's stating that in order to show objectivity, i have to be impartial (not taking sides)but being impartial doesn't mean being detach to the community...because in the end it is the citizens of the community who I should be loyal to...
journalism like any type of writing of some sort is very complex...
Posted by Michael Diezmos at September 21, 2005 4:32 PMSolution-oriented journalism is a lot harder to do. But if a journalist cooperates with the public, or if the public comes togehter to publish online, it's amazing what can be accomplished in a small amount of time.
Posted by: Dennis G. Jerz at September 24, 2005 2:18 AMDr. Jerz,
I think impatience is a bad excuse for being effective. Most people want results right away and then they complain about why the problem still exist. People need to realize that in solving problems each step on the way to solving it is relevent or else it wouldn't be there in the first place.