Israeli FM confronted by Press Club journalists
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Journalists’ microphones turned off when Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni challenged in Washington
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Israel will not allow journalists in to cover the assault on Gaza?
Doesn’t this seem disingenuous to you? Journalists have always been on the battlefields and imbedded with troops to bring the story to the world. Why would this be any different unless Israel has something to hide?
They are afraid of the world will find out of their crimes against the Palestinians.
Journalists Killed In The Line Of Duty
Around the world, journalists are increasingly being killed. They die in the crossfire. They die at the hand of criminals and corupt goverments. They die in tragic accidents. In the case of targeted deaths, these acts are meant to bury both the storytellers and the stories theyre driven to write. This film takes us inside the stories of 7 journalists who gave their lives, beginning February 2002, with Wall Street Journal Reporter Daniel Pearl.
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What legacy has the 19th century radical press left journalists today?
Im doing a report on the radical press and I have all the information all written down but I want to summerise it with an idea on what they left journalists today and im stuck. Any ideas?
What at one time was accepted as our best source of information has become the worst source. We once believed that when the media told us something it was trusted information. It was distributed based on high professional standards and was fact or very close to fact. Now the media is saturated with people who have very low personal professional standards and could care less how accurate the information is. They spread half truths sensitized with inaccuracies and twisted dialog. Some talk show people have been caught using false information and even videos that have nothing to do with the events they are reporting on (i.e.: Hannaity using a McCain and Palin campaign video and trying to pass it off as a book signing event for Palin). We are all entitled too our opinion and we can try to convince others we are correct but when such an act is done on public radio and television using false, unsupported and fabricated Information it should be illegal and banned. Why the networks allow people caught doing this to remain on the job is unbelievable. If a police officer is caught fabricating information on a traffic ticket they get fired, if an attorney provides false information in a court case they face debarment – why can TV talk show people spread false information and nothing is done about it?
Why is it always women who are portrayed as the ambitious, often promiscuous journalists?
Anyone else noticed this? I see far more male journalists in real life, but in movies and books the ambitious, career driven journalists are usually females who will often sleep around a lot, sometimes to fuck a story out of a man.
Why is it women who are portrayed as the ambitious journalists when in reality there appear to be more male journalists? Please don’t argue with me on this point, you’re wasting people’s time and being pedantic if you do.
Oh. I expected intelligent answers. And my source? Just my observation.
Have you ever seen a real live journalist in action to make that statement ?
I’m not talking about on tv , I mean real life !
Freed Journalists on U.S. Soil
Laura Ling makes a speech following her safe return to the U.S. with fellow Current TV journalist Euna Lee. Al Gore remarks on the successful humanitarian mission made by Bill Clinton.
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Why are the journalists complaining about being processed during the Peninsula incident?
The cops/soldiers asked the journalists to leave, and they didn’t… When people were being arrested inside the hotel, they got surprised that they were being ‘processed’ as possible instigators in disguise? Isn’t this police/security protocol everywhere in the world?
I think the cops was not able to inform them to leave at the hotel because they where inside and been trap.
they are questioning that they were handcuff by the police and it was illegal to arrest without a warrant.
28 MASSACRED JOURNALISTS FOOTAGE OF AMPATUAN JR *GRAPHIC FOOTAGE*
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/178126/the-official-list-of-30-media-martyrs-of-maguindanao
The official list of 30 media martyrs of Maguindanao
Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
11/30/2009 | 12:06 AM
| | More Share8 There were 30 and not just 27 reporters and media workers who were killed in a manner brutal beyond description in Ampatuan, Maguindanao, last Monday, November 23.
However, another journalist, Jolito Evardo of UNTV General Santos City, has not been accounted for as of press time.
The 30 media workers comprise more than half of the 57 confirmed casualties of what is now known as the Maguindanao or Ampatuan Massacre, according to a list compiled and verified by the Humanitarian and Fact-Finding Mission of the Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists (FFFJ), a network of independent media organizations, including the PCIJ.
A body is dug from the mass grave where three crushed vehicles, including one belong to UNTV, were also found. Romy ElusfaFormed in 2001, the FFFJ provides financial assistance to the families of slain journalists, as well as legal support in the prosecution of their cases. Its founding members are the PCIJ, Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility, Center for Community Journalism and Development, Philippine Press Institute, Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas, and Philippine News.
The FFFJ Mission was conducted in partnership with the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), Mindanews, and the Free Legal Assistance Group and its affiliate Union of Peoples Lawyers for Mindanao, which lost two female members in the Maguindanao massacre.
The FFFJ Mission arrived in Mindanao two days after the massacre to extend financial assistance to the victims, witnesses and their families, as well as to conduct an independent inquiry and documentation of the massacre. The FFFJ report will be released this week.
Dr. Raquel Fortun was named expert consultant of the Commission on Human Rights, in partnership with the FFFJ, to assist in Maguindanao. As verified by the FFFJ mission, what follows is a complete list of the 30 Media Martyrs of Maguindanao:
1. Adolfo, Benjie, Gold Star Daily, Koronadal City
2. Araneta, Henry, Radio DZRH, General Santos City
3. Arriola, Mark Gilbert Mac-Mac,” UNTV, General Santos City
4. Bataluna, Rubello, Gold Star Daily, Koronadal City
5. Betia, Arturo, Periodico Ini, General Santos City
6. Cabillo, Romeo Jimmy, Midland Review, Tacurong City
7. Cablitas, Marites, News Focus, General Santos City
8. Cachuela, Hannibal, Punto News, Koronadal City
9. Caniban, John, Periodico Ini, General Santos City
10. Dalmacio, Lea, Socsargen News, General Santos City
11. Decina, Noel, Periodico Ini, General Santos City
12. Dela Cruz, Gina, Saksi News, General Santos City
13. Dohillo, Eugene, UNTV, General Santos City
14. Duhay, Jhoy, Gold Star Daily, Tacurong City
15. Gatchalian, Santos, DXGO, Davao City
16. Legarte, Bienvenido, Jr., Prontiera News, Koronadal City
17. Lupogan, Lindo, Mindanao Daily Gazette, Davao City
18. Maravilla, Ernesto Bart,” Bombo Radyo, Koronadal City
19. Merisco, Rey, Periodico Ini, Koronadal City
20. Momay, Reynaldo Bebot” Momay, Midland Review, Tacurong City
21. Montaño, Marife Neneng,” Saksi News, General Santos City
22. Morales, Rosell, News Focus, General Santos City
23. Nuñez, Victor, UNTV, General Santos City
24. Perante, Ronnie, Gold Star Daily correspondent, Koronadal City
25. Parcon, Joel, Prontiera News, Koronadal City
26. Razon, Fernando Rani,” Periodico Ini, General Santos City
27. Reblando, Alejandro Bong,” Manila Bulletin, General Santos City
28. Salaysay, Napoleon, Mindanao Gazette, Cotabato City
29. Subang, Ian, Socsargen Today, General Santos City
30. Teodoro, Andres Andy,” Central Mindanao Inquirer, Tacurong City
Still unaccounted for: Evardo, Jolito, UNTV General Santos City
The 30 media workers killed in Ampatuan, Maguindanao bring to 134 the number of journalists killed in the Philippines since 1986.
Of the total, 74 cases or more than half, were recorded from 2001, or under the watch of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. – For the FFFJ, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, November 2009
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How do journalists avoid common pitfalls when writing press releases?
What are some problems or pitfalls that journalists have to deal with when writing articles? Give examples.
Well, for starters, journalists don’t write press releases. Press releases are written by publicists and given to journalists, who may then re-write them into articles if they are newsworthy.
Probably the biggest pitfall to avoid when re-writing press releases into an article is having a tone that’s too "PR." Companies, governments, and individuals love to describe their accomplishments in glowing terms, but journalists have to be objective. You can’t call something "fantastic," say – it can’t sound like an advertisement.
It is also the responsibility of the journalist to make sure that all of the information provided is correct and accurate, and not depend just on the press release for information.
Adam Curtis – The Rise and Fall of the TV Journalist
Segment from the Charlie Brooker’s brilliant program “Screenwipe”
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