media practice in journalism

PRACTICE IN JOURNALISM

“TEACHING THE STUDENTS CARPENTRY; NOT THE HAMMER”

BY: Cheldy Sygaco Elumba-Pableo, MPA; Llb

TEACH CARPENTRY, NOT HAMMER!

The PURPOSE of the school is to teach the students carpentry and not the hammer.

Teach them with the WHY’s and WAYs of the world. Tools come and go. Teach them tools- will limits their knowledge thus limits their futures as well.


Students must learn the basics of their field to understand every situation encountered and develop a critical thinking ability on how to solve such problem.

SPOON FEEDING TYPE OF TEACHING

WONT HELP!

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SPOON FEEDING WAY OF TEACHING WONT HELP!


CRAMMING wont help either! You need not just to study but to apply what you learn


The Future Media PractionerS MUST KNOW


Future Media PractionerS must know– I. Qualities OF GREAT REPORTING

A GOOD JOURNALIST NEEDS TO HAVE GREAT REPORTING SKILLS.

1. Be PreparedWhile a reporter needs to be quick on their feet, as they might need to chase a story down quickly, you should always know your subject matter.


Future Media PractionerS must know– Qualities OF GREAT REPORTING

2. Be Prepared, But Not RigidWhile you always want to have a plan in mind before you do an interview, don't be unwilling to let an interview go off in another direction...if it's an interesting one.BY: Cheldy Sygaco Elumba-Pableo, MPA; Llb

Future Media PractionerS must know– Qualities OF GREAT REPORTING

3.Don't Be Afraid of SilencesIn general conversation people have a tendency to want to fill moments of silence with conversation.

In an interview, try to avoid that. Often, if you let seemingly awkward silences go, an interviewee will fill that void with more information.BY: Cheldy Sygaco Elumba-Pableo, MPA; Llb

Future Media PractionerS must know– II. Qualities of A GOOD WRITING

The main rule is that all releases have to be newsworthy.


Future Media PractionerS must know– III. Journalistic Ethics

1. Journalists' main goal is to ensure the right of citizens to truthful and important information, which allows them to form adequate impression about social processes, their essence and importance, about the situation in the modern world.


Future Media PractionerS must know–

Journalistic Ethics

2. Freedom of the pressMass media freedom is one of the major guarantees of the freedom of speech, an obligatory element for ensuring other civil rights and freedoms.


Journalistic Ethics

3. Principles for searching and receiving informationRespecting the right of society to objective information, the journalist must convey truthful information and a whole spectrum of opinions on certain issues. The news should be based on facts and information where truthfulness can be checked.BY: Cheldy Sygaco Elumba-Pableo, MPA; Llb


Journalistic Ethics

4. Principles of publicationJournalists should present the facts and preserve their true meaning, demonstrate the major links and not allow distortions.BY: Cheldy Sygaco Elumba-Pableo, MPA;

Llb


Journalistic Ethics

5. Respecting the rights and lawful interests of third partiesThe journalist should differentiate between publicly important information and information that evokes public interest.



Journalistic Ethics

6. Minimizing the damageMass media should correct mistakes quickly and in completely. Corrections of significant mistakes should be published without delay in a visible place.



Journalistic Ethics

7. Journalist's independenceThe journalist should behave in such a way as not to become a victim of a collision of real or hidden interests. He/she should reject privileges or presents which could influence his/her opinion or create such an impression.

The journalist should not take part in activities or organisations which could limit the independence of his/her thinking and endanger his/her professional integrity.



Journalistic Ethics

8. Journalists' solidarityIn their daily work journalists are advised to keep a balance between fair competition and professional solidarity


Future Media PractionerS must know– IV. Investigative Skills

Investigative journalism is a cornerstone in our work to improve the professional skills of journalists and enable media to act as a watchdog over the actions of governments and vested-interest groups.



V. News Judgment

It is making good calls, doing solid investigation, communicating and displaying information meaningfully—is a skill that requires more than remembering to print your date strings in AP Style. It sits at the vague intersection of ethical reasoning, moral insight, and well-honed intuition. It can mean the difference between publishing a well-sourced project or a potentially libelous database.



VI. Critical Thinking

1. Wrong information is not always disinformationThe ability anyone has to publish information and the speed at which it spreads worries people. It worries those who have grown up in a top-down system and whose mind can’t accept that one can’t say or publish something without the approval of a legitimate authority. BY: Cheldy Sygaco Elumba-Pableo, MPA; Llb



2. Don’t control information publishing but increase reader’s maturitySo, acknowledging the possibly dramatic consequences of the phenomenon, some suggest -even reluctantly – that publishing information should be regulated. Of course some things should be forbidden and punished but controlling publishing is not the right solution.




3. Critical thinking is a critical competence in the information societyFor some it’s a natural attitude. But for most people that’s a new reflex, behavior and attitude to adopt. But where and when? Many other fields like collaboration, good practices are learned at school.




4. Those who own the knowledge should teach others to question itQuestioning information is too often mistaken with questioning the one who delivers it. In hierarchical systems like enterprises or school, the one who should teach critical thinking is also the one who delivers information and they may think that if others question information they’ll question their own relevance. A matter of ego, a misunderstanding but that’s a big issue.critical thinking becomes essential to the good functioning of our society and enterprises and that’s a major competence in the information era.

What is critical thinking all about??


JOURNALIST NEEDS

All the skills and values of a traditional with a digital overlay

It’s all about how journalist should convey “JOYFUL ENTITLEMENT”

when reporting

As a journalist, you run around with a sense of joyful

entitlement.

This feeling of self-righteousness is usually what encourages journalists to sneak

into places or to not be pushed around by the rich

and powerful.BY: Cheldy Sygaco Elumba-Pableo, MPA; Llb

You need not only digital skills, but you also the ABILITY TO THINK digitally.

A Journalist has: “New Media SKILLSET & New Media MINDSET”



A journalist is: A MULTIMEDIA STORYTELLER


A Journalist: A COMMUNITY BUILDER

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A Journalist: A TRUSTED POINTER


1. Knows how to harness the work of a range people around him such as colleagues in the newsroom, experts in the field, trusted citizen journalist and segments of the

audience.

A Journalist: WORKS COLLABORATIVELY

camaraderie


2. Doesn’t try to start every story from scratch- he can work collaboratively with existing materials and

concrete when necessary on advancing the story.




3. A simple test: can you work on a story with another journo within Google Docs?




A journalist: GETS SOCIAL MEDIA


A journalist is: A BLOGGER & CURATOR

(Search Engine Optimization)


A journalist is: AN ENTERPRENEURIAL SPIRIT


A journalist is: WEB PROGRAMMER/CODER


A journalist: CRAFT HIS BRAND


A journalist: BUSINESS SAVVY


A journalist: KNOWS & EMBRACES METRICS


A journalist: THINKS “CAREER MANAGEMENT”, NOT “NEXT JOB”



A journalist: CLEAR PERSONAL COMMUNICATOR


1. Get personal2. Represent facts3. Be specific

4. Ask questions5. Ask for clarifications6. Listen


A journalist: CLEAR PERSONAL COMMUNICATOR


A journalist: PERMANENT LEARNER


MOST IMPORTANT THING is to enjoy what you are doing-- for you to smile and learn the journey despite the bumps, the

headaches and the rough road! what it takes is for you to be TOUGH.

A journalist: KNOWS & ENJOYS THE CHALLENGE


THANK YOU FOR READING!!!!

CHELDHAYE

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