tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390641071486388165.post149091891750635778..comments2013-02-19T18:55:45.444-08:00Comments on Space Kidette's<br> Satellite News Network: Confessions of a News Junkie or Bye, Bye, Outdated Media, I've got a New DealerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390641071486388165.post-10790776307366895052013-02-19T18:52:25.161-08:002013-02-19T18:52:25.161-08:00Good on you SK you will do wellGood on you SK you will do wellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390641071486388165.post-24189117463482248082013-02-10T00:51:06.816-08:002013-02-10T00:51:06.816-08:00Perhaps journalism courses need to address this gr...Perhaps journalism courses need to address this group think behaviour of journalists because clearly it's a serious issue when they all sing from the same song sheet and for each other. Psychology classes, maybe. <br /><br />Fabulous piece, Space Kidette.<br />Please keep them coming.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390641071486388165.post-47679249828137196892013-02-07T14:00:55.915-08:002013-02-07T14:00:55.915-08:00I agree that most journalists are not very good at...I agree that most journalists are not very good at what they do. But it's not a university problem, it's a newsroom problem. There's some research from the UK that shows that journalism graduates quickly dismiss what they've learned at uni (and the value of that education) in order to fit in with newsroom culture. From my own experience as a journalist, this happens in Australia too. As well, journalists don't write for their audience, they write for each other, and part of that is writing the same way as everyone else to show that you're part of the group. So, we all get the same story, just with different bylines. Group think.<br /><br />(Also, there's a good argument that universities shouldn't be tailoring j courses for the mainstream media as only about a third of journalism graduates are employed by the mainstream media.)newswithnippleshttp://www.newswithnipples.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390641071486388165.post-40961011174860101162013-02-03T17:50:10.545-08:002013-02-03T17:50:10.545-08:00Well said SK.
I call much of the opinion in the O...Well said SK.<br /><br />I call much of the opinion in the OM "adjectival". It's standard journalistic practice to use dramatic adjectives to attract the reader's attention but when the use of adjectives is skewed in such a way that negative adjectives are more frequently attached to one side of politics, then opinion is sneaking in. And sneaking in in such a way as not to be obvious to the "casual" consumer, although of course the more engaged consumer can see it quite clearly.<br /><br />Also, many journalists are just not very good at their craft, which is to extract the essential "facts" from a situation and present them in "context". I personally have experienced a number of events where I was present and where a report of the event later appeared in the media. In a number of them I had difficult recognising the event! One wonders what universities are teaching in journalism courses.<br /><br />This is now being shown up starkly, as you point out, by the increasing availability of direct streaming. The PM's press conference announcing the Evans and Roxon resignations is a perfect example. If all the tripe being served up by the OM about that conference were true, they should at least acknowledge the inevitable corollary - the PM, Evans and Roxon must surely be at the forefront of the next Oscar nominations!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390641071486388165.post-60712629850782136772013-02-03T16:14:33.917-08:002013-02-03T16:14:33.917-08:00Oh, yes to everything in this post. I quit journal...Oh, yes to everything in this post. I quit journalism a few years ago and now yell at the paper and tv and radio every day because of the lazy reporting.<br /><br />There are two things I just can't understand. One, why do journalists refuse to listen to what their audience says about their product? Can you imagine if a software company or a soft-drink company did that? And two, why can't political journalists see that every time they publish the comments of an unnamed MP, they are being used? Are they really that stupid?<br /><br />I love the news and journalists have ruined it for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390641071486388165.post-89045980082017943212013-02-03T15:36:54.044-08:002013-02-03T15:36:54.044-08:00Go Space Kidette! You can do more than 140 charact...Go Space Kidette! You can do more than 140 characters or less. :)<br />Keep it up because this year is very important for the future of our nation and we need all hands to the pump.<br />Come and have a drink at 'The PUB' some time. :)HillbillySkeletonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06056151016359730712noreply@blogger.com