Number thiry one

Jour 1111 lecture week 9

News values

What do we mean?

·         At work

·         Newsworthiness

·         “the audiences”

·         The future

Definition of news values: degree of prominence a media outlet gives to a story

1.       IMPACT- gets audience saying “gee whiz”

2.       AUDIENCE IDENTIFICATION- interesting, something the audience can relate to

3.       PRAGMATICS- ethics, facticity, practicality

4.       SOURCE INFLUENCE- the way stories are spun

“NEWS JOURNALISM HAS BROADLY SET RULES CALLED NEWSWORTHINESS”

-Values vary across news services and across countries/cultures

If it bleeds it leads/ If it’s local it leads

How do particular institutions shape their news values?

•  “editors are the human sieves of the torrent of news”. 
• You learn the news values of a place through osmosis – an understanding that comes.

Over time, many journalists have tried to define news values….

·         In the 1960s, one journalist defined the factors that make a story newsworthy as- negativity, closeness to home, recency, currency, continuity, uniqueness, simplicity, personality, expectedness, elite nations/people, exclusivity, size.

·         In 1995 another journalist defined the newsworthy factors of her time as- significance, proximity, conflict, human interest, novelty and prominence.

THREATS- TENSIONS of newsworthiness

• ·         Lazy journalism
• ·         PR influence
• ·         Tabloidization
• ·         Hyper-commercialisation
• ·         Media mergers controlling what audience sees/reads
• 
  

REALITIES of newsworthiness

• ·         Journalism is infected by PR
• ·         Rapid news cycles makes journalism untrustworthy
• ·         Media mergers corrupt the news telling process

“THE AUDIENCE”

• ·         Have they moved on?
• ·         Journalism is no longer one way
• ·         More and more people are becoming citizen journalists
• ·         Audiences are getting sick of ‘spin’

THE FUTURE

• ·         Are newsworthy values already changing?
• ·         What drives decisions over what is ‘newsworthy’?
• ·         What do you think is newsworthy?
• I think anything that concerns the people of our society, in any way, shape or form, is newsworthy. I dont think it is right, for big media companies to control what the audience does or doesn't read or see. Everyone has the right to be informed and make up their own decision over what they personally believe is newsworthy. We are all completely difference human beings and we all find different issues effect us on different levels, therefore I believe there needs to be a move to a platform of news on which everyone can access what ever they like, whenever they like. 

Number thirty

Jour1111 lecture week 8

I had a strong opinion on this subject before going into the lecture. In my head, ethics and journalism very often clash. Ethics should be constantly at the forefront of a journalist's mind, and yet it seems like very often, digging out the dirt to find a story so bleeding that it can't not lead, is all reporters are concerned about. I hoped that I would be proven wrong in this lecture, and that there were guidelines towards what a journalist can or can't, and should or shouldn't say. 

Ethics- all about colours

How do we know what is:

Good or bad?

Right or wrong?

Ethical or unethical?

Tacky or tasteful? (i.e. socks with sandals, either very very tacky or rather tasteful if done correctly)

Ethical theories:

·         Deontology

·         Consequentialism

·         Virtue

Every ethical paradigm/framework  fits under one of these three classifications

Deontology-

• ·         rules, principles, theories
• ·         you will do the right thing by following the rules
• ·         where do the rules come from? Ten commandments, Gilgamesh, Confucius
• ·         rules embedded in codes of conduct and codes of practice
• ·         ethics is a choice between and absolute right and an absolute wrong
• ·         ethical choices are invariably the choice between the lesser of two bad outcomes

Consequentialism-

• ·         getting a ‘good’ or a ‘right’ outcome
• ·         the outcome is the story, its all about the story
• ·         tyranny of majoritarianism
• ·         what is right is what most people think is right
• ·         the end may justify the means
• ·         the greatest good for the greatest number- majority

Virtue ethics-

• ·         intrinsic values
• ·         the values that inform our professional practice and drive the way we live
• ·         identity as a journalist is not differentiated from our identity as a person
• ·         an ethical person is one of good character- justice, courage, temperance and prudence

COURAGE is the mean between RASHNESS and COWARDICE

JUSTICE is the mean between the IN-JUSTICE of overzealous and excessive law and the INJUSTICE of LAWLESSNESS

Codes of ethics- journalist code- MEAA

Lois Lane is definitely my favourite heroine...

Thank goodness. There are codes of conduct for what people can and can't say. A world without guidelines would be one wrought with constant miscommunication, leading to disagreements and arguments, and effectively in the long run, a whole lot more wars. 

Journalists are a crucial line of communication to vast numbers of people, and have a duty to spell out the truth as it is. With such a powerful voice to society, we can only hope that it remains as ethical as possible.

Number twenty nine

more COMU1999 photos

Number twenty eight

SPLENDOUR

!!!!!!

I can't go on the Friday or Saturday of Splendour because I have a little rowing crew of grade 9s to coach. But that isn't stopping me from going on the Sunday. And wow is the lineup for just Sunday incredible

the kooks

metric

san cisco

angus stone

blue king brown

yuksek

ball park music

the rubens

the medics

father john misty

gossling

nina las vegas

beni

so excited

Number twenty seven

I think there is something in my genes that draws me to spandex and lycra. I train twice a day wearing lycra rowing suits and bike pants. And when I'm not training, I am forever drawn to leggings. I love leggings. And my most recent leggings discovery is (thanks to the Q Weekend fashion spread from Saturday).....

Ayashii Designs

My goodness they are incredible

Number twenty six- JOUR 1111 Storytelling exercise

JOUR1111- STORYTELLING

The Olympic dream is something only  few people imagine, and even fewer achieve.

Many embark on the journey to ultimate sporting glory, but are plagued with difficulties, hindering them from their goal.

Injury, families, careers; the challenges insurmountable, the sacrifices too great.

But for one remarkable woman, the stresses of injury, demands of a successful career and cries of two young sons, weren’t going to extinguish her burning Olympic desire.

This is the story of Hannah Every-Hall, a woman on a mission.

You wouldn’t be laughed at for mistaking Hannah as Wonder Woman, she fits so neatly into the mould.

As an elite athlete in her early twenties, Hannah always had aspirations to compete at the Olympic games.

After taking up the sport as a uni student, she represented Australia a number of times on the world stage.

In 1999, Hannah won the World Under 23 lightweight double scull and then the Senior World lightweight women’s quad scull in 2002.

As one of the dominating female lightweight rowers, it was the 2004 olympic selection trials, where she became unstuck.

An anaphylactic reaction to her cat led to her being ruled out of finishing the selection trials, ruining her season, and squashing her Olympic dream.

It was at this cross roads in her life, where Hannah decided to take a break from competitive rowing and start a family. In 2006 she gave birth to son Harrison, and son Charlie in 2008.

"I wanted to start a family desperately. My husband and I discussed it and we said if I wanted it bad enough, I would come back after having a couple of children, so obviously I want this pretty badly!"

2009 was the year Hannah came back from her 6 year break, and returned to competitive rowing.

Her debut as an elite rowing mum was at the Australian Rowing Championships in 2010.

She erupted back onto the scene, asserting her former lightweight dominance, taking out the elite womens lightweight single scull title.

Her return to form in 2010 brought  3 state titles, 3 national titles, GOLD at the Rowing World Cup in Lucerne, Switzerland, and 4^th place at the World Rowing Championships in New Zealand.

In 2011 Hannah once again delivered the results that would set up her run into the Olympic year.

She came away from her national championships campaign with 3 gold, defending the same titles as the previous year, and also winning the highly regarded Victoria Cup for the Interstate women's lightweight quad.

2012 will be the year when dreams come true for Hannah Every-Hall.

In March, she once again defended her national title as lightweight single scull champion, for the third consecutive year, and in April,was named in the Australian rowing team to compete at the London Olympic games.

The dream she has fought so hard for, is finally coming true.

Wonder mum, wonder athlete, wonder woman.

Number twenty five

Up until I heard the line up this morning, Splendour in the Grass wasn't really on my radar for this year.
Until this video.

NOW... I am definitely wanting to go.... and dress exactly the same as this guy...

And this is also my signing out post before I submit the blog for assessment!
To all the markers and cross-markers out there, enjoy reading!