Investigative Reporters and Editors

information the Pittsburg students sleuthed tirelessly over. In response to these events, Randy Turner, a previous reporter; editor; and teacher, said in his story, “Real investigative reporting is happening in Pittsburg, Kansas, and it is not coming from Gatehouse Media's Morning Sun. On the contrary, the Morning Sun took it upon itself to cast doubt on the most solid piece of investigative reporting to come out of Pittsburg in

In order for news to be true, you must have information to back up your statement, such as evidence or an eyewitness account. Mr. Berry also states that news is also at least a set of facts that have been presented to the reporter as truth. This idea can be somewhat presumptuous also because just because somebody said something is true, it doesn’t mean that it is. The only way you can prove a witness is telling the truth or that evidence is accurate is to RESEARCH and INVESTIGATE

Tawhida Rahman Media & Politics Midterm 1) There are several landmark U.S. court cases pertaining to the media and free press which changed the laws on behalf of journalists and reporters. One of the earliest cases of such cases was Crown v. John Peter Zenger. In 1734, a news printer named John Peter Zenger of the New York Weekly Journal was arrested for seditious libel against Governor William Cosby when Zenger’s publication criticized the politician for corruption. The charge of libel

Howard Kurtz, dubbed by many as the top media critic, was a reporter at The Washington Post at that time when Webb’s story broke. He took the easy route by mocking Webb stating, “Oliver Stone, check your voicemail.” On the other hand, Robert Parry pointed out the “double standard” with how “Webb was held to the strictest standards of journalism” while Kurtz can “make judgments based on ignorance. Kurtz would face no repercussions for ridiculing a fellow journalist who was factually correct.” As

In this particular story, there are various ethical concerns that arise. The main ethical issues surrounding the story include: deception, anonymity, transparency, portraying compassion, and objectivity. As the city editor of the newspaper, I would decide to assign another reporter to the story. Eager’s biased ties to the Sheriff’s opponent in the upcoming election and the deception that Eager displayed will lead to concern for the validity of the story. The conflict of interest and deception would

the first known female reporter. Bly's life spanned Reconstruction, the Victorian and Progressive Eras, the Great War, and its aftermath (Kroeger, 1996). And, even though there remains no fully organized collection of her life's personal or

about obvious bias in their reporting and how they are losing readers because of this and it happens so often the Times is no longer affected by the frequent complaints and continues writing in their own way. Spayd asked Dean Baquet, the executive editor, about the perception of liberal bias that hangs over his newsroom but he does want The Times’s reach to be wide. “We have to be really careful that people feel like they can see themselves in The New York Times,” he said. “I want us to be perceived

guilty of abuse, he loses his religious “Faith”. This loss of “Faith” is especially difficult for a man raised Catholic in one of the most Catholic of cities. The net result is that Mike doubles down on his secular “faith” in the journalistic investigative process on which he has embarked. His drive to get to the truth kicks his “faith in the investigation process” into an even higher gear. Further, it’s not just an individual’s turn, it’s an entire generations’ turn as well to face the crises of

President has abused public trust, presidential power, and deliberately obstructed justice. President Richard Nixon had committed and attempted to cover up those illegal activities through harassment, impediment, and denial; however, Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncovered details of the Watergate scandal and revealed them to the public. In the 1976 film “All the President’s Men”, the plot successfully follows the major chronological timeline of events and authentic settings

children and families was hiding the organizations net worth. I think the fact that editor of the Sun newspaper Paul Williams found out that the organization’s net worth was 191 million and they make 17 million annually from the organizations IRS 990 form is