Responses

Response Career Advice for Aspiring Journalists

The tips for making it in the journalism world today, offered by the Forbes source, were really helpful.  It gave examples (as harsh as they are) of the truths about going into the field today, which is valuable. For example it states how the reality is that it’s not a promising field to go into, but then there were really great ideas for starting your brand and getting yourself into the field as a young person who is internet-savvy. All six of the tips were noteworthy and certainly skills/actions that every journalist should adopt.

Response NYT Public Editor Sees Social Media as “Double Edged Sword” Thatis Changing Objective Journalism

This article was particularly useful because it discussed both sides of the discussion over objectivity as journalists.  The first being conservative, should journalists be completely unbiased and not insert their opinions online now that’s it’s so easy since objectivity is so “fuzzy” definition?  The other side of it is that objectivity is “outdated” and that journalists can infuse their opinions to facilitate discussion and progression on topics. I thought both of the sides were understandable and each had good ideas, but I think where journalism is today, it’s better for young journalists to stick with the objectivity so they won’t get into any issues as they are just starting their career.