Journalism

Listening to Jesse Day speak on journalism was interesting. He gave us insight on the backstage operations of journalism from a broadcasting producer standpoint. Although I'm not interested in pursuing a career in journalism, I always find it interesting to learn about other professions and what they do.

The main objective of journalism is to produce stories or news for public awareness. Ethics plays a very important role in journalism. It can be difficult for journalists to decide whether or not to produce a controversial event. A good example was when Jesse and his previous employer had to decide whether or not to air the story on a child who supposedly committed suicide. The parents of the child claimed that their child did not commit suicide. The police did. The news was then aired as a suicide death, a false assumption that was overridden by the truth. Was the news agency abusing attribution in this case?