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2.  Practice of investigation and reporting of
events, issues and trends to a broad
audience.
 The first newspapers were distributed in
17th century England, twice weekly.

3.  Organization and institution
- Government and business.
 Cultural aspects of life.
- Arts and entertainment.

4.  Toprovide citizens with the
information they need and self
governing.

5. Journalism is …
Literature in hurry
Journalism is
Verification

6.  Involve social group
 Verify content of reports
from other media
 Use multiple sources
 Present many sides
 Don’t add what was not
there
 Test assumptions.
 Limit use of unidentified
sources

7.  Social
Responsibility
 Objectivity.

8. A journalist must follow the
elements of journalism
 Tell truth
 devotion is to citizens.
 Discipline of verification.
 Maintain independence
Power.
 Provide forum.
 Make news interesting.
 Keep news
comprehensive.
 Sense of right or wrong.

9. ““Journalism largely
consists of saying "Lord
Jones is Dead" to
people, who never
knew that Lord Jones
was alive.”

10. 1. Journalism’s first
obligation is to tell truth
› Functional truth
 Get the right facts
 Report truth about the facts

11. ITS FIRST LOYALTY IS TO CITIZENS
 DEVOTION TO THE CITIZEN
 larger public interest
 without fear or favor

12. › its essence is a discipline of
verification
› Verify content of other reports
from other media
› N0 personal biasness
› Peels the onion

13. 3. Exercise
your personal
conscience
› Create spirit
of questioning
› Challenge content
& approaches –
not personal integrity

14. 2. Serve
as independent
monitor of power
• And give voice
to voiceless

15.  its practitioners must
maintain an
independence from
those they cover.
 report the news
truthfully to ensure we
live in a fair society,
even if it sometimes
leads to unpleasant
debates or social
unrest.

16. it must provide a forum
for public criticism
and compromise
Provide public forum
› Invite feedback
› Criticism :
 Positive
 negative

17.  it must strive to make
the significant
interesting and
relevant
 provide our audience
the information they
need

18.  it must keep the
news
comprehensive and
proportional
 fullness

19.  Journalism “without a soul”
 Defamation
 Many photos, some of them faked
 Made-up stories, faked interviews,
misleading headlines.

20. Covering the Noise
Vs.
Covering the Silences

21. More
Meaningful
Interaction