futurejournalismproject:

CNN’s Branded News Segments

On The Daily Show, Jon Stewart breaks down CNN’s branded news segments (i.e.: Political Pop, No Talking Points, Rapid Fire, Gut Check, Endpoint) and the lack of editorial judgment that seems to go into them. 

Stewart:

CNN appears to believe that the key to revitalizing the network is creating branded news segments within the news. Which brings us to our news segment: Why? Most of your segment titles have no bearing on the content within the segment.

For example, Street Level is supposedly a round-up of what is happening on the street. Stewart takes us through a few sound Street Level stories—a crime story, food safety, puppies—and then, for some reason, a paraplegic woman bungee jumping.

I’m not against news organizations having fun, having more cheeky, playful segments. Knock yourselves out. It’s cute, it’s clever, as long as the Facetime segment title isn’t randomly misapplied.

When you have all these segments you have to apply some editorial discretion when you use them. 

Best example: Rock Star of the day. I won’t say more. Watch the video. It  illuminates an unfortunate truth, but it’s funny enough to make your day. —Jihii

journalismstudentproblems:

On the outside you’re like:

But deep down it’s all:

(via thelifeabsurdium)

villagevoice:

In this week’s cover story, Camille Dodero profiles Hunter Moore, the revenge-porn profiteer:

 Threaten a lawsuit, and Moore will post your threat. Cry about the emotional distress he has abetted, and he will belittle your concern. “After a couple of days, literally, nobody gives a fuck,” he says. “We’ve all masturbated to you or laughed at you, and it’s done. It can’t get any worse.” 

Regardless of how you feel about Moore. This is one of the best pieces of Gonzo journalism I’ve read since, well I have no idea. This is an absolutely fabulous article. Work like this makes me so happy that the VV exists.

ericseals:

#Newspapers aren’t dying, they’re being turned into #cat litter! :-) #instgood #catsofinstagram #journalism #statigram #webstagram #instagram #iphone #iphoneography (Taken with Instagram at Detroit)

(Source: a-colorlesslife)

inothernews:

This is what’s on the back of one of my cab receipts from Miami.

“Courage.”

newyorker:

This month, the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University celebrates the hundredth anniversary of journalism education at N.Y.U. As part of their celebration, the journalism faculty, together with an Honorary Committee of alumni, have selected “the 100 outstanding…

(Source: newyorker.com)

journalismstudentproblems:

Ever hear somebody say something egregiously wrong and wonder how best to express your frustration?

Fear not, fellow journalists! Just tell them, “Red pen that.”

It’s the perfect journalist slang for, “Check yourself before you wreck yourself.”

Because we’re journalists: we don’t use cliches, we invent our own.

futurejournalismproject:

shortformblog:

With these words, NPR commits itself as an organization to avoid the worst excesses of “he said, she said” journalism. It says to itself that a report characterized by false balance is a false report. It introduces a new and potentially powerful concept of fairness: being “fair to the truth,” which as we know is not always evenly distributed among the sides in a public dispute.

Maintaining the “appearance of balance” isn’t good enough, NPR says. “If the balance of evidence in a matter of controversy weighs heavily on one side…” we have to say so. When we are spun, we don’t just report it. “We tell our audience…” This is spin! 

shortformblog: Rosen took a particular liking to lines like these: “Our goal is not to please those whom we report on or to produce stories that create the appearance of balance, but to seek the truth.” Read NPR’s ethics guidelines and consider it for yourself.

(Source: shortformblog, via futurejournalismproject)