MC 101: Introduction to Journalism Allyster Berthe Astronomo

ROLES OF JOURNALISTS o Capturing photos and

creating stories that
- Ethical capture the audiences
o Provide ethical guidance to attention
todays participatory 4. Broadcast journalism
audience 5. Digital journalism
- Aggregator 6. Development journalism
o Aggressively gather data 7. Citizen journalism
related to the communities 8. Community/Civic journalism
we serve
- Understanding and context role
o Provide context and
understanding to readers
- Conversation leader role
o Provide our own insights
and knowledge to any
conversation we would find
- Guide or filter role
o If done right, can help
overcome the digital-age
tendency for people to
focus narrowly on their own
interests
- Straight news role
o We must know about
everything important going
on in the communities we
serve and strive to be the
first to tell our communities
about the important news
of the moment

Questions:
1. When journalists function as
conversation leaders, are they still
obliged to be neutral or are they
allowed to reveal their biases?

TRENDS OF JOURNALISM

1. Investigative journalism
2. Yellow journalism
o Reckless and provocative
journalism
o Sensationalism
3. Photojournalism