A.)What was the article about?
The Article was about a Justice Anthony M. Kennedy. He spoke at Dalton High School and he changed/approved the article that was written for the Daltonian, their high school paper. His office wanted to edit the article before the speech even came out, using quotations from two grown adults.
B.) How does all the content of this article apply to the profession of journalism along with the conduct and production of our own newspaper, the Tiger Rag?
In journalism, you should only write the facts and statistics, not just what the readers want to hear…then the paper would be unprofessional. Not to mention, in our class, we have reliable writers that get the job done and it produces a good paper. Even though the publishers screwed up the due dates... The profession of journalism applies to our class, because we have to consider the amendments and how we can say what we want, but have to consider the consequences, like what the principles and Mr. Ayer have to approve and what the effects.
C.) What questions are you left with? Share at least two, and feel free to elaborate on them thoughtfully.
1.) I don’t get why Justice would do this? Maybe I didn’t read the material fully, but it doesn’t make sense to me...
2.) Didn’t Justice trust that the quotes were right, or why did he double check with that?
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I agree that although journalists are guaranteed freedom of press, they must regard it not only as a privilege but also as a responsibility. Just because we have the right to print virtually whatever we want (assuming it's not libel or any of that), we also need to use our discretion in what we write.
ReplyDeleteI agree Jenny! Just because it's legal doesn't mean it's needed. Discretion seems to be waning in the realm of journalism, and that's not really right. People need to know some things, but some things are private; some things that the news gets involved with is ridiculous...
ReplyDeleteHa, sorry this was slightly off-topic!
I agree with you too, Jenny. 'Tis true that we have to have responsibility to write. What a person writes in a newspaper is different compared to what they would write in a letter or in a blog or in a personal journal. In journalism, there are like...protocols. I think people expect journalists to be educated and appropriate in their writing because it’s something that the whole world gets to see. So yeah, we have to be appropriate.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you steph. As journalists we have to write the facts and not just what the readers want to hear. Even if the truth may hurt.
ReplyDeleteAngie, I completely agree. You have a standard to live up to as a journalist and it's your JOB to do things a certain way. If you don't want to follow "protocol" then maybe you should find a new career.
ReplyDelete-"some things the news gets involved with is completely ridiculous" AGREED. Ok, but anyway...Steph, I like how you bring up the idea of not abusing the first amendment, sure it's freedom of the press, but it's a journalists responsibility to know what irrationally crosses boundaries.
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Steph:
ReplyDeleteYour posting obviously raised some important points and brought about some good discussion; having said that, I still want to encourage you to elaborate in the first two sections of your entries in the future. Add to the summary, and elaborate a bit more on how the given story fits what we’re doing at NRHS with our own newspaper. Okay, that’s out of the way, to the good stuff – the discussion brought up “boundaries” – and that’s wonderful! This is such a tough area, and one that the world of journalism seems to forget more and more as it tries to sells its products (whether physical newspapers or ratings on the 5:30 national news broadcast). I’m going to close with just one recent story (or is it a non-story?): The TIGER WOODS ACCCIDENT. As I drove home and listened to a one-sentence update on National Public Radio, I asked one question: WHO CARES? Does that ring a bell, anyone?
I like your questions. It seems really weird that they would want to "check" the quotes. I understand, but I agree with you, it feels like they're not treating the school with much respect, in a way.
ReplyDeletevery interesting questions, indeed.
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