loyalty and journalsim
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Winter 2012, Comms 239, Section 1, Group 2TRANSCRIPT
Loyalty & Journalism
Kaylee Brooks - Allison Brown - Kimbra
Robinson
Who do these newspeople work for?
You!Journalists' first loyalty is to citizens.
From this clip, where do you think MSNBC's loyalty lies? Can a news agency have multiple sources of loyalty? Is there some validity in this reporting?
Loyalty to Citizens
• "Implied covenant with the public"• "Basis of why we as citizens believe"• "Source of news' credibility"• "The franchise asset of the news company"
Independence vs. Isolation• Journalistic independence
• Independence for its own sake
• Disengagement from the community
• A change in journalism’s tone
(more subjective and judgmental)
• Mediating instead of simply reporting
"The Wall"
Business Relationship of Journalism
News organization Advertiser/Customer
Citizen
Five key ways to protect journalists' allegiance to citizens:
1.The owner/corporation must be committed to citizens first.
– Hire business managers who also put citizens first. – Set and communicate clear standards. – Journalists have final say over news. – Communicate clear standards to the public.
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Loyalty in a Global Age
To whom, or what, should the journalist be
loyal?Does he or she owe a primary loyalty to the
country of citizenship? To the military? To the audience?
(And, if so, to which members of which
audience?)
http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0612/the-changing-problem-of-a-journalist-s-loyalty.html
As journalists serve an increasingly global audience, patriotism and nationalism will likely be called into question.
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