Loyalty & Journalism

 Kaylee Brooks - Allison Brown - Kimbra

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Who do these newspeople work for?

 

You!Journalists' first loyalty is to citizens.

 

 

 

From this clip, where do you think MSNBC's loyalty lies?  Can a news agency have multiple sources of loyalty? Is there some validity in this reporting?

Loyalty to Citizens

• "Implied covenant with the public"• "Basis of why we as citizens believe"• "Source of news' credibility"• "The franchise asset of the news company"

Independence vs. Isolation• Journalistic independence

• Independence for its own sake

• Disengagement from the community

• A change in journalism’s tone 

(more subjective and judgmental)

• Mediating instead of simply reporting

"The Wall"

Business Relationship of Journalism

News organization Advertiser/Customer

Citizen

    Five key ways to protect journalists' allegiance to citizens:

1.The owner/corporation must be committed to citizens first. 

– Hire business managers who also put citizens first.  – Set and communicate clear standards.  – Journalists have final say over news.  – Communicate clear standards to the public.

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Loyalty in a Global Age

To whom, or what, should the journalist be

loyal?Does he or she owe a primary loyalty to the

country of citizenship? To the military?  To the audience? 

(And, if so, to which members of which

audience?)

http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0612/the-changing-problem-of-a-journalist-s-loyalty.html

As journalists serve an increasingly global audience, patriotism and nationalism will likely be called into question.

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