Ch.14 Questions

Objectivity: Forget the truth, keep to the facts. Journalists are to get the facts of the story no matter if the understatement of the issue is hard. Unbiased and it is said that the truth is just to messy at times.

Example: Interview of someone that just witnessed a fire..the reporter will ask the questions about the fire and only get the information said out of this person's mouth. If they over hear something they may not subject the interviewer into saying something they don't believe.

Presidential debate- The journalist needs to writing what the candidates said and not make up anything that puts their opinion in it. What they see and hear is what needs to be publish. The truth may be that the candidates were both very mean to the press yet the audience is going to just want the facts of what the candidates said, nothing more.

Interviewing a person of dislike- The journalist needs to not but any form of opinion in the article and just write what is said. Needs to be passive.

Thoroughness: Time to talk to the best sources, find best documentary evidence and overall give the audience as much information as possible to understand the issues and to make their own decision's.

Ex: Doing a story on a recent accident- get first on the spot, talk to reliable witnesses, take pictures, get audio...get all the information so that people will know when, what, who, why and where..if possible.

Local Band awareness article- needs to go to any unknown band in the local area, ask interesting and appreciate questions, talk to the manager(s), listen to the music, offer places on where to check them out if interested, the more the better.

Underage drinking- interview people that drink of age and people that drink underage. Compare and contrast. Don't show any form of opinion and include audio, pictures and statistics. Get information that people don't know already. Make it interesting with as much media as possible.

Accuracy: needs to be accurate or it has no value. Everything being written on paper needs to be correct information.

Ex: Reporting forest fire- information needs to be accurate with location of the fire, anyone involved and when it happened. If reported a wrong time or location it is not of any value and shouldn't be published. Don't rearrange the information either.

Pageant Winners- Accurate people of who won, No misspellings of they're names.

Book review- Don't make up things that never happened in the book to spark people's attention. It won't be valued information and it makes the journalist look poorly. Get quotes, make sure it's what they said.

Fairness: An attempt to make sure all the bases are covered.

Ex: Interview for football issue- get both sides of the opposing teams. Listen to the different viewpoints but don't put your opinion.

New teacher spot light- highlight what needs to be highlighted about the teacher. get quotes from people that may not think the teacher is fair and then people who like the teacher.

Abortion Article- get both sides of the story. No opinion but just listen to the people and their viewpoints.

Transparency: gain and maintain public trust. Be as open as possible, let them know how they get their information and how they make their decisions on reporting issues.

Death of a celebrity-being open about everything the reporter knows. Tell where they got their information and the importance. Let the audience in of what happened. Don't go by rumors.

Weather Warning- Let the audience know..Be honest and truthful. Don't say something isn't as bad as it is.

Diet problems- Tell the audience everything, don't sugar coat anything. If the audience and or interviewer doesn't trust the journalist, the information won't be at it's best.