Journ 2100 1st Edition Lecture 8 Outline of Last Lecture I Data Journalism II Omit needless words III Good writing requires good reporting IV Journalism can be literary Outline of Current Lecture I Kyiv Post II The Guardian III Q A Current Lecture I II III Kyiv Post a Ukraine coverage b Different front page examples i Loosening up press restrictions caused people to start paying people to write stories for their position ii How a family monopolized the government iii Blank front page in protest of a very serious strict libel law The Guardian a He usually works on stories that don t fit into other beats or that have to deal with high security b 2nd biggest English language news site c 200 years old Owned by a trust i Have more freedom because of this because they don t have to worry about the higher ups or getting bought out d Very focused on truth and accuracy e He also worked for wiki leaks Q A These 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 a Stressful job but very exciting Get to meet people you never would have been able to otherwise Get to tell people s stories and work with exciting people b Journalists are optimists They try to make the world a better place They bring down governments that have lost the trust of people and help society evolve into a better place c Big stories will wreck your personal social life They are very important to do right d Lots of fact checking You need to be sure that you are printing the facts about things that can have this large of an impact on society It is your job to publish these stories and you can t stop because of the implications they may have e If you get a small story wrong it can get fixed If you get a big story wrong that is your career