Study guide for the final test

J1000
 Investigative reporting
• What did Mark Horvit say are the three
ingredients to investigative reporting?
• Be prepared to define what investigative
reporting is:
– Investigates matters of importance
– Some people/companies want to keep secrets
– The work is produced by an independent reporter
of his/her own motivation
Journalism that changed the world
• What are the Pentagon Papers?
• Who were Woodward and Bernstein?
 Watchdog journalism
• What fundamental principle of journalism
does it follow?
• What are examples of watchdog journalism
discussed in class?
• What are sources of watchdog journalism
outside traditional newsrooms?
 First to know vs. Need to be Right
• Know examples of when journalists reported
information quickly and ended up being wrong
• Why is the Internet blamed for getting
information reported incorrectly?
• Why was Matt Painter a part of the race to be the
first to know vs. the need to know correct
information?
• What are ways to confirm info outside of a web
search?
 The Future of Journalism
• What are ways to use Twitter in a newsroom
• Think about the different ways politicians
direct his or her message through social media
• Look at the different ways you can use social
media on personal and professional levels
• Facebook “Like” Button: What kind of reach
does it have to news consumers (and non-
news consumers)
 Ethics of covering crime –
Katherine Reed guest lecture
• What impact can media coverage have on
witnesses and/or survivors of a crime or
trauma scene?
• What did a Virginia Tech study find about
reporting on people who have been
traumatized?
 Diversity in the media –
guest lecture by Karen Mitchell
• Diversity includes …
– Race
– Gender
– Income level
– WHAT ELSE?
• Has ASNE met its diversity goals for
newsrooms?
 Hyperlocal news
• What is the definition of hyperlocal news?
• What is the difference between communities
and neighborhoods?
 Mobile Journalism –
guest lecture by Will Sullivan
• What are the strengths of mobile devices in
new coverage?
• Strengths = you can break news faster, access
to multimedia options, there are built-in
geolocation devices, and you can broadcast
news via social media networks.
• WEAKNESSES – lower visual quality
• -Potential battery or software failures
 Covering religion –
guest lecture by Laura Johnston
• Why is religion coverage important?
• -religion helps us understand each other better
• -Religion influences policy and governmental procedures
• -gives us better perspective on world events
• -Religion informs us about people with different belief
systems-

AFTER 2005- the number of reporters who specialized in

religion coverage decreased
 Panel discussion – how journalism skills
translate to other professions
• A journalism background translates well to
other professions because journalists tend to
know a little bit about a lot of things
• -Because a journalist is constantly working
under deadlines and dealing with a number of
different coverage areas, journalists tend to be
very ADAPTABLE.
 One last thing –
don’t forget about the readings
• Readings: e-RES
– Elements of Journalism: Chapter 6, “Monitor Power and
Offer Voice to the Voiceless”
• NOT on e-RES: cut and paste the following link into
your computer browser
– “The Deadly Choices at Memorial”
http
://www.pulitzer.org/works/2010-Investigative-Reportin
g-Group2
• NOT on e-RES: cut and paste the following links
into your computer browser
– http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/ten_for_2010.ph
p They Do,” Nieman Reports, Winter 2007
• Columbia Journalism Review – “Ten Ten For 2010?
Scrubbing the gloss off of diversity coverage”
– http://www.religionwriters.com/tools-
resources/faq/why-should-the-secular-media-cover-
religion
• Religion Newswriters Association – “Why should
the secular media cover religion?”
• NOT on e-RES: cut and paste the following
links into your computer browser
– http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2007/12/your-
guide-to-hyper-local-news347.html
• Mark Glaser, “Your Guide to Hyper-Local
News,” PBS Mediashift column, December
13, 2007
– http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reportsitem.as
px?id=100116
• Will Bunch, “Is Local News the Answer?
Forgetting Why Reporters Choose the Work
– http://mediapolicy.newamerica.net/blogposts/2
010/newspapers_on_the_run_the_rise_of_mob
ile_journalism_and_the_digital_frontier-36032
• New America Foundation: “Newspapers on
the Run? The Rise of Mobile Journalism and
the Digital Frontier”