Reporters may work on the staff of news organisations, but may also work freelance, writing stories for whoever pays them. General reporters cover all sorts of news stories, but some journalists specialise in certain areas such as reporting sport, politics or agriculture. Sub-editors take the stories written by reporters and put them into a form which suits the special needs of their particular newspaper, magazine, bulletin or web page.
Sub-editors do not usually gather information themselves. Their job is to concentrate on how the story can best be presented to their audience. They are often called subs. The person in charge of them is called the chief sub-editor , usually shortened to chief sub. Photojournalists use photographs to tell the news. The editor is usually the person who makes the final decision about what is included in the newspaper, magazine or news bulletins.
He or she is responsible for all the content and all the journalists. Editors may have deputies and assistants to help them. The news editor is the person in charge of the news journalists. In small organisations, the news editor may make all the decisions about what stories to cover and who will do the work.
In larger organisations, the news editor may have a deputy, often called the chief of staff , whose special job is to assign reporters to the stories selected. Feature writers work for newspapers and magazines, writing longer stories which usually give background to the news.
In small organisations the reporters themselves will write feature articles. The person in charge of features is usually called the features editor. Larger radio or television stations may have specialist staff producing current affairs programs - the broadcasting equivalent of the feature article. The person in charge of producing a particular current affairs program is usually called the producer and the person in charge of all the programs in that series is called the executive producer or EP.
Specialist writers may be employed to produce personal commentary columns or reviews of things such as books, films, art or performances. They are usually selected for their knowledge about certain subjects or their ability to write well.
Again, small organisations may use general reporters for some or all of these tasks. There are many other jobs which can be done by journalists. It is a career with many opportunities. Journalists are the major group of people in most developing countries who make their living from writing.
Many young people who see themselves as future novelists choose journalism as a way of earning a living while developing their writing skills. Although writing for newspapers and writing for books require different qualities, the aspiration to be a great writer is not one to be discouraged in a would-be journalist.
Most people want their work to be recognised by others. This helps to give it value. Some people also want to be recognised themselves, so that they have status in the eyes of society.
It is not a bad motive to wish to be famous, but this must never become your main reason for being a journalist. You will not be a good journalist if you care more for impressing your audience than for serving their needs. Knowing the power of the printed or spoken word or image, especially in rural areas, some people enter journalism for the power it will give them to influence people. In many countries, a large number of politicians have backgrounds as journalists.
It is open to question whether they are journalists who moved into politics or natural politicians who used journalism as a stepping stone. There is a strong belief that journalists control the mass media but the best journalists recognise their role as servants of the people. They are the channels through which information flows and they are the interpreters of events. This recognition, paired with the desire to influence, can produce good campaigning journalists who see themselves as watchdogs for the ordinary man or woman.
They are ready to champion the cause of the underdog and expose corruption and abuses of office. This is a vital role in any democratic process and should be equally valuable and welcome in countries where a non-democratic government guides or controls the press. There is a difference between the desire to influence events for your own sake, and the desire to do it for other people. You should never use journalism for selfish ends, but you can use it to improve the life of other people - remembering that they may not always agree with you on what those improvements should be.
This idea of journalists defending the rights of ordinary people is a common reason for young people entering the profession. Curiosity is a natural part of most people's characters and a vital ingredient for any journalist. Lots of young men and women enter the profession with the desire to know more about the world about them without needing to specialise in limited fields of study. Many critics accuse journalists of being shallow when in fact journalism, by its very nature, attracts people who are inquisitive about everything.
Most journalists tend to know a little bit about a lot of things, rather than a lot about one subject. Knowledge has many uses. It can simply help to make you a fuller and more interesting person. It can also give you power over people, especially people who do not possess that particular knowledge. Always bear in mind that power can be used in a positive way, to improve people's lives, or in a selfish way to advance yourself.
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The trial court ruling also noted that Berlinger removed at least one scene from the film at the request of the Lago Agrio plaintiffs. The appellate court said that a journalist solicited to investigate and publish a story supporting the viewpoint of his or her employer can still be protected under the privilege by establishing journalistic independence through evidence of editorial and financial independence.
It found, however, that not only had the oil company made a showing that Berlinger was not independent, he had also failed to counter that in a manner convincing to the trial judge. Best, a New York City media attorney who represented several media parties that filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the case, said. In order to allocate rights and privileges, courts are being asked to form judgments on who is a journalist, he said.
The courts are not accustomed to adjusting the way they used to think about journalists, which is established news organizations. Gant predicts that, in the next decade, courts will be forced to confront this issue and make a decision on where to draw the line.
The question is: What types of guidelines will, or should, be formed? The website Implode-o-Meter, which covers the mortgage industry, published an article detailing how the New Hampshire Banking Authority was investigating lending company The Mortgage Specialists.
The company ordered the removal of the document and sought the disclosure of the confidential source. Superior Court in The case is one of the few state decisions extending shield law protections to new media, namely bloggers. While a lower court allowed the issuance of the subpoenas, the California Court of Appeal 6th Dist. The issue of who counts as a journalist gets stickier as the number of blog operators climbs to million, according to the State of the Blogosphere report, released by BlogPulse, a website that tracks blogs.
Robert Cox, the co-founder and president of the Media Bloggers Association, of which Hale is a member, remembers how it was much easier to draw the line back in between someone ranting and raving online versus a blogger with a serious journalistic bent because blogs were so new. Cox claims he was one of the first bloggers involved in a legal scuffle.
His remedy: a satirical black and white website designed like the Times, containing columns with corrections written by Cox. Times lawyers objected to the site on copyright and trademark grounds.
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