For Article: Denmark: Time for a Journalistic Oath?
Posted by Jane Abao 1/9/2008 8:13:39 PM
I have produced a Pledge of Commitment for my group of writers who profess to be Christians. I got a line from somewhere about pledging oneself to serve God first, last, and best in everything one is called upon to be or do. Then I selected some lines from Dan Gillmor's “Citizen Journalist Pledge.”
Yes, I picked the one on accuracy as in “I report and produce news explaining the facts as fairly, thoroughly, accurately and openly as I can.”
I noticed the way Dan Gillmor couched connections and I think this is crucial. Connections should also be hashed out.
In the Pledge, it says, “I may also provide reviews (such as a critique of a movie or book) and commentary with a point of view based on facts, but I will have no significant financial or otherwise direct connection (membership, affiliation, close relationship, etc.) with an interested party. If I do have such connections, I'll disclose them prominently, and my work may be labeled and/or categorized appropriately.”
Showing posts with label journalist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label journalist. Show all posts
Monday, January 14, 2008
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Miss Embargo
For Article: China's Netizens Want More Government Control
Posted by Jane Abao 12/19/2007 8:01:56 PM
China's middle name is actually "Control" or "Embargo." How about a research telling us in what way this practice of controlling publications has helped their people? I would also want to know what kind of journalists they are breeding in there since they cannot write freely.
Posted by Jane Abao 12/19/2007 8:01:56 PM
China's middle name is actually "Control" or "Embargo." How about a research telling us in what way this practice of controlling publications has helped their people? I would also want to know what kind of journalists they are breeding in there since they cannot write freely.
Friday, December 7, 2007
Journalists as Hackers
For Article: Dutch Ministry Hacks Newswire's Editorial System
Posted by Jane Abao 11/7/2007 5:31:50 PM
Oh, so it was former GDP journalists after all who do the hacking - probably more anxious for scoops and news leads than anything else. No, I don't think it's the Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs that is jittery about anything that could be published.
Journalists are into everywhere and into everything. Before the Internet days, I remember I've been part of a reporters' group that has its thrash boxes with padlocks. At any time, newsmen from different newspapers of the country would hang around our office. There was a time my feature story about medics doing voluntary work south of the country was stolen. It appeared in a major newspaper not long after, with the first paragraph chopped off and written with another name.
Posted by Jane Abao 11/7/2007 5:31:50 PM
Oh, so it was former GDP journalists after all who do the hacking - probably more anxious for scoops and news leads than anything else. No, I don't think it's the Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs that is jittery about anything that could be published.
Journalists are into everywhere and into everything. Before the Internet days, I remember I've been part of a reporters' group that has its thrash boxes with padlocks. At any time, newsmen from different newspapers of the country would hang around our office. There was a time my feature story about medics doing voluntary work south of the country was stolen. It appeared in a major newspaper not long after, with the first paragraph chopped off and written with another name.
Blogger Vs. Journalist
For Article: Chris Allbritton Isn't a Blogger (Or Is He?)
Posted by Jane Abao 9/4/2007 10:00:17 PM
Eventually, we will have to face this dichotomy. Google, for one, classifies almost everyone as a blogger who now claim to be journalists and it isn’t fair. This urgency for definition of terms comes in the wake of having to determine the rights of one. Journalists are covered with some rights and rightfully so.
A journalist may blog but that doesn’t lower his category to mere blogger. The first is a higher calling. A journalist is more disciplined in his writing; a blogger is not. A journalist is more careful in his craft; a blogger is not. A journalist has a wider perspective, has social awareness; a blogger only looks to himself, is very much self-oriented.
A journalist would look into what is happening in society and he writes about that and its implications as well. He looks beyond himself. On the other hand, a blogger would only talk about his concerns, his thoughts, and doesn’t follow principles in the way he writes and the way he treats topics. Simply look at one’s work and you can tell whether one is just a blogger or a journalist.
Posted by Jane Abao 9/4/2007 10:00:17 PM
Eventually, we will have to face this dichotomy. Google, for one, classifies almost everyone as a blogger who now claim to be journalists and it isn’t fair. This urgency for definition of terms comes in the wake of having to determine the rights of one. Journalists are covered with some rights and rightfully so.
A journalist may blog but that doesn’t lower his category to mere blogger. The first is a higher calling. A journalist is more disciplined in his writing; a blogger is not. A journalist is more careful in his craft; a blogger is not. A journalist has a wider perspective, has social awareness; a blogger only looks to himself, is very much self-oriented.
A journalist would look into what is happening in society and he writes about that and its implications as well. He looks beyond himself. On the other hand, a blogger would only talk about his concerns, his thoughts, and doesn’t follow principles in the way he writes and the way he treats topics. Simply look at one’s work and you can tell whether one is just a blogger or a journalist.
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