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Crisis Reporting


The Persephone Miel Fellowship for Crisis Reporting
...intends to give non-native-English-speaking media professionals the opportunity to reach audiences beyond their home countries on issues that have gone unreported or under-reported in the mainstream American media. Deadline: Feb. 1...

Media Dialogues
...designed to foster balanced, professional, and objective reporting in the media in a range of countries abroad - thus supporting the German Foreign Office's commitment to international crisis prevention, civil society strengthening, and human rights protection...


Avian Flu Journalism


Briefing of Journalists on Avian Influenza: Togo, July 2007
...describes a series of training activities to educate and inform journalists about the H5N1 (avian flu) virus, with the goal of preparing them to report accurately...


A Training Manual for Media Workshops on Avian Influenza
...from July 2007, a methodology for short workshops including suggestions for trainers to help journalists tailor avian influenza knowledge to the specific needs of their audience...

Definition of Journalism

In your context, is this definition of journalism still relevant and valuable?: "a truthful, comprehensive and intelligent account of the day's events in a context that gives them some meaning." [see Melvin Mencher, "Will the Meaning of Journalism Survive?" Neiman Reports.] Please comment.In your context, is this definition of journalism still relevant and valuable?: "a truthful, comprehensive and intelligent account of the day's events in a context that gives them some meaning." [see Melvin Mencher, "Will the Meaning of Journalism Survive?" Neiman Reports.] Please comment.

Answer

Yes
47% (45 votes)
No
32% (30 votes)
Maybe
21% (20 votes)
Total votes: 95

Comments:

The above is only a partial definition of journalism and not the most salient. Journalism, whether news or opinion is distinguished by the rigorous verification of fact whose purpose, according to Kovach & Rosentiel, "is to provide citizens with the information they need to be free and self-governing."
There is nothing really truthful in journalism. Every truth is determined by the person doing the definition. In any case, the large influence of the owners in the practice, coupled with increasing self-censorship are making it obvious that this definition can no longer stand.
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