Journ 2100 1st Edition Lecture 8 Outline of Last Lecture I. Data JournalismII. Omit needless wordsIII. Good writing requires good reportingIV. Journalism can be literaryOutline of Current Lecture I. Kyiv PostII. The GuardianIII. Q&ACurrent LectureI. Kyiv Posta. Ukraine coverageb. Different front page examplesi. Loosening up press restrictions caused people to start paying people to write stories for their positionii. How a family monopolized the governmentiii. Blank front page in protest of a very serious, strict libel lawII. The Guardiana. 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 sitec. 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 leaksIII. Q&AThese 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 intoa 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
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