Investigative Reporters and Editors

Nellie Bly, a journalist and social reformer of the late nineteenth century, sought to uncover existing corruption in social institutions through writing expose features. A feminist, social activist, and writer, Bly both contributed to and was influenced by the social and literary forces of the time period. During the late eighteen hundreds, Nellie Bly challenged social expectations of women, questioned the morality of certain social institutions, and defined a distinctive writing style by incorporating

justified? I will address both of these questions through the analysis of Shane Bauer’s 2016 Mother Jones’ piece on private prisons. The ethics of undercover journalism are more relevant now, more than ever, in my opinion. The greatest tool to an investigative journalist

challenging, and even frustrating. However, when has investigative journalism ever been easy? Take Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein back in 1972 for example, who relied on unnamed confidential source ‘Deep Throat’ for leads on the Watergate scandal involving then President Nixon. Investigative journalism has always been discrete and conducted in a secretive fashion, so why should metadata retention stop or see a decline in the work of undercover reporters? It most certainly should not. The media play an

Free will of the media carries with it certain responsibilities of truthfulness, equality, accurateness and liability. I will talk about issues involving to media accountability in the present day. The media are responsible for the greater part of the explanation and experience from which we construct up our individual perceptive of the humanity and how it works. Our view of realism is based on media communication that has been constructed and has attitude, interpretation and conclusion

William F. Jasper, the senior editor of The New American, one of America’s top investigative reporters, states that the TPP is not about “free trade”, but instead deal with “non-tariff barriers to trade,” which not only do not have a clear-cut definition, but there are no boundaries as to how much it covers; to note

William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer II used the form of journalism as a marketing campaign to get customers, in order to buy their newspapers. They include stories, drawings, and cartoons. Instead, the journal gave birth to modern-day investigative Journalism. It was during the 1890s, this newspaper would cause a war between the United States and Spain. What would plunge America into the Spanish-America was that “William Randolph Hearst wrote a story of America in a war with Cuba, which

and Judy Mann denounce Drudge as a ‘Cyberspace vacuum cleaner.’ Michael Kinsley, editor of Microsoft’s online magazine Slate, said Drudge has ‘certainly been a public relations problem for the Internet.’ Steven Brill called Drudge a ‘bust.’” (Miller) Baltimore Sun Washington correspondent Jules Witcover has referred to him as the “abomination” of the Internet. “I don’t consider him a journalist or a reporter,” said Witcover. “He’s a gossipmonger who offers no sources. He’s more like a magpie

undercover agents. This dramatization represents the risks journalists must often take for to accomplish what they see as their duty to the public. Again, Spotlight has a different approach. Rather than characterizing the team as uncompromising, tough reporters, though they are, the film shows them as more personable and compassionate to the victims. They could not have finished the story behaving as Haverstock, Woodward, or Bernstein did because the accusers would be scared away, and the church would be

The Party Press Era also known as the First Party System began in the 1780s and lasted until the 1830s. During this time period, editors would share a political party’s principles and would endorse their candidates in exchange for support for his newspaper. Editors would also receive government contracts for supporting a political party. The content of newspapers during this period relied heavily on political news and interpretation for the public

Correspondents and news coverage American mainstream news outlets’ coverage of Europe is extensive yet not complete: Most articles focus on few issues and regions. Consequently, some countries and issues are under covered, offering interesting opportunities for a freelancer. Out of the 28 countries that form the European Union, only Germany, France, Italy and Spain are in the top 20 list of nations in the United States media, according to the International Communication Gazette. Source: International