According to Journalism.Org, there are 9 elements of journalism that news mediums and journalists should try to follow. These 9 elements embody what journalism in its truest and purest form should be and what journalists should follow to provide a fair and accurate story and the elements are: Journalism’s first obligation is to the truth Its first [...]
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For many years, Journalism has been consumed with the attempt to follow its ethics. Although, sometimes journalists make decisions disregarding the consequences of their actions. When it comes to the topic of recording interview conversations, several laws protect the rights of citizens as far as their privacy. In some states, there is the “two-party consent” [...]
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For one of my articles I wrote about offering contraceptives in high schools. While interviewing a vice principal, I felt that she was not supportive of me writing about this conterversial subject. I was wondering how your high school deals with subjects such as this in the school’s newspaper? Does your administration try to discourage you from [...]
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Writing feature stories requires more than just information. It involves storytelling. And one of the essential building blocks of stories are scenes. Writing scenes can be difficult for some students, so I use the following lesson to practice this skill. My journalism class at Hunderton Central practiced creating a brief scene based on a short youtube video. [...]
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