Journ 2100 1st Edition Lecture 11 Outline of Last Lecture i. Investigative reportingii. Tipsiii. Power of public recordsiv. Examplesv. Beat reportersOutline of Current Lecture I. Real life situation #1II. Poynter GuidelinesIII. Real life situation #2Current LectureI. Real life situation a. Profile of a guy in Dallas who is homeless and has a record. He is now up and coming. He is an activist for homeless. He has a podcast.i. Reporter asks him about his background1. He says he spent time in jail2. Arrested for breaking into cars after Hurricane Katrinaii. What should reporter do?1. Background research on police records2. Check if he was actually homelessiii. Find out he is on lifetime sexual offender registry and is in violation of his requirementsiv. Problems1. Does this affect his credibility?2. The girls privacyThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.3. Public’s right to know4. Your credibilityv. What should you do?1. Your work isn’t done. Go back and ask him about sex offender registry and get his side of the story.2. He says when he was 21 he had a consensual relationship with 13 year old cousin and her mom pressed charges and the girl did not want to. He says he violated terms because he didn’t know he wasoutside city limits of Dallas.3. No clear solution. Come to a decision you can defend.II. Poynter Guidelinesa. Also found on SPJb. There is no Hippocratic oath for journalismc. Ten questions to help people make these decisionsd. Five we are discussingi. What is your journalistic purpose?1. It can change throughout the storyii. What do I know and what do I need to know?1. Do more reporting2. Don’t back awayiii. Who are the stakeholders?1. What are the consequences for them?iv. What are my alternatives?1. Where do you place the information in the story?2. How big are you running a picture? Placement? 3. Changing how you frame the storyv. Who can you consult in your thinking?1. Don’t make these decisions alone2. What are the newsroom policies?III. Real life situation #2a. Featuring a Christian gymb. Guy running it is a born-again Christiani. He asks her if she is stressedii. She tells him about her problemsiii. He asks her about her faith. She is a Christian so he wants to pray with her.c. Newsroom gets mad that she prayed with himd. Should she have done