News 2.0

The ability to post online gives you the freedom to get your message out to everyone on a world wide scale. There is no limit to what online blogs can do. You can post your thoughts for everyone to read, homework assignments, and even just share things like videos with all who want to be a part of the sharing circle. Sharing is caring, and we can now share with everyone. Check out the Volleyball blog: 4A Provincial Volleyball

I used the blogs to do all above things. It was a very helpful tool during the volleyball project because it gave us the ability to share our broadcasts, interviews, and stories with thousands of viewers. This is a very new way to share information and it is showing no signs of slowing down. We are now using to hand in our homework assignments, such as these blogs themselves. All of my interviews during volleyball were uploaded to the blog.

For our final project we will not be using the blogs, but if we were doing something that involved posting it would be a great way to get our thoughts on drug and alcohol abuse out there. It is very useful when you want to share information with peers. The problem with blogs is not everyone has access to the internet; this can be a huge problem if your audience is one of these people. Let just say your target audience is the elderly, many people from that generation refuse to use to the internet, that is not to say all feel this way, but it is a factor we have to consider.

KL

Freedom of Speech

Many colleges are now making it mandatory for Student-athletes to allow coaches and teachers to have full access to their social networking profiles. Five schools already have monitoring policies in effect. Football players in Hawkeye have already gotten in trouble for pictures posted on their Facebook pages. When issues arise with Students, senior members are in charge of working with administrators and the person responsible. Social networking sites are just another avenue for athletes to express themselves, Baddour said, “so even though the technology is new, the expectations of behavior haven't changed”. One person said it is the responsibility of athletes to not be a bystander, as well as to be cautious in the way they are presenting themselves. It is very important to explain to athletes the ways they are being monitored because the kids are often doing things without realizing just what it is they are doing. The issues surrounding social networking won't go away soon, Stone, of the ACLU of Iowa, says. “With some athletes reaching celebrity status, it's important to understand the consequences of what image the public sees with social networking sites in the picture.”

I have had coaches in the past who requested to have themselves on our social networking pages. It was usually only used to communicate practice times and tournaments and things of that nature, but there were certain incidents where kids on my team were question about the contents of their profiles. We were advised to be very careful about what we allowed in our profiles because it would come back to haunt us. During the presentation on Career Portfolios we were also advised to be cautious of what is on our profiles because future employers may want access to our pages. It is not hard to get onto peoples profiles anymore, even with all the new privacy options.

In ways I do agree with coaches being able to access our pages, because we should be presenting ourselves in a positive manner. College athletes are role models to us all, if we see them participating in questionable acts, it may change our view of them, or encourage us to act the same way. However, I think we are entitled to privacy, and a personal life, we should be able to hang out with friends and go to a party without looking bad. I think if someone wants to go to a party and have a beer with a friend they should be able to do that. There is a time and place for everything, and we do need to be mindful of our actions as to not get out of hand, but there are limitations to what should be monitored. As long as it’s not illegal I don’t think there should be a huge problem with it, just don’t do anything ridiculous and get carried away.

KL

Freedom of the Press

Journalists should have the freedom to tell the truth. This sounds like such an obvious answer, but in all honesty most journalists have to be very careful about the truths they describe in their articles. You have to take into account all of your potential viewers, as well as how they will each individually interpret your work. All journalists should have limitations. There are some things that should be omitted when presenting a story. Reporters without Borders

With the power to write openly, comes a lot of responsibility. People have a right to know the whole story, yet you as a journalist have the duty to tell the truth without violating human rights. You have an obligation to your moral principles (that’s assuming you have any). For example; there is a car crash in your town, a mother and her two kids are present, and the two children die. Do you write the article and present the pictures from the scene? I wouldn’t, and you shouldn’t, everyone should be able to have the time to mourn. I can guarantee this exact scenario has been played out, probably more than once.

I think there is more freedom on a wider scale, because when you are writing for a nation you have less accountability to your readers. It becomes more limited as you limit readers. If Dan Feser wasn’t careful about what he wrote, no one would continue to read it and there would be an uprising (not counting spelling errors). When you look at our coverage in Provincial Volleyball certain issues arose that we needed to address, we agreed it wasn’t necessary to our stories, but also that it would be unethical to bring up past events just to entertain.

KL

Ethics in Journalism

Ethics should be one of the most important things to any journalist because as a journalist you are in charge of informing the public. Therefore you have to be mindful of all potential audiences. In journalism you have a responsibility to tell the truth, and not falsify facts. Journalists should be fair and un bias. It is clearly stated in the “Journalists statement of principles”, Statement of Principles.

When writing an article I believe it is important to obey all codes of conduct or you risk great conflict. Obviously as a reporter there is always going to be a moral struggle for what to write and what to omit, but you have to be fair, as well as truthful in all things you do.

After viewing professional journalists opinions on sharing facts about the story they are supposed to report on I think you should share all aspects of the story or you risk the accusation of immorality. “Undercurrents” looks at some dubious and downright deceptive practices in TV journalism

Yes, everyone has the right to privacy. If things are relevant to the story there is no need to add it into the story. For example, race, in most cases, is completely irrelevant to the story, yet we continuously see it dwelled upon in the media. We also have to be careful not to create stereo types in our articles. Dangers of a single story

I think it should be from a professional stand point, and nothing more. If you watch the video posted above you will see the dangers in trying to create an emotional connection. If you are on a personal, emotional level of connection with the subject there is no way to avoid bias’ throughout your article.

KL

Death of a Newspaper

I don’t think newspapers are dying out, because most people still enjoy reading the newspaper. I know I do, people may becoming less interested in certain parts of the Newspaper, and only reading the most interesting parts to that person, but I do not think the Newspaper will every truly die. There are more sources for information then in the past, and people are even lazier, so they would rather here it on TV then actually have to read anything for themselves. Plus people are dumb and often won’t understand what they are reading. Yes, Newspapers have been a big part of how we keep out society running for many years. I think a lot of people would actually quit functioning if News Papers disappeared because although there are other resources for news, many people don’t want the hassle. We also have to take into consideration people without internet access or TV. Yes it sounds crazy but there are still a lot of people out there not hip to all the new trends. As I said, the web may seem like a great way to get our news, but the fact is that everyone does not have the same access we do. It also isn’t easy reading off a computer screen; it’s hard on the eyes, and old people’s eyes dry out, as do mine. Why would you want to have to search for your news, rather than just have it right there in front of you. I will miss newspapers with a burning passion; It makes me happy to read about how bad the riders suck every Monday. Newspapers are a nice easy read, and it burns my eyes to read off of a computer screen. I think a lot of people are going to miss newspapers because it’s how a lot of people get their news. It’s as simple as that. Turning Blogs into Newspapers

KL

The Death of Newspapers - Brydan Zbytovsky

Yes newspapers are dying out with the technology these days everything is being broadcasted on the internet. Also newspapers are making the adjustment to the new day and age of technology because magazines and E-readers are making interactive reading for the I-pad. All of this is a huge step into technology towards the new day and age.

It’s getting more difficult for newspapers to survive because the cost of newspapers to be printed are getting higher and with technology now everyone is using the internet and not caring about the newspapers so the value and amount of people reading them is going down a lot recently. Even the New York times one of the biggest newspapers in the U.S. is struggling to keep printing their paper.

Yes I think we should care if newspapers no longer exist because there is a lot of people in this world that don’t use technology like other people do. For example the older people in this world, lots of them don’t use computers so if newspapers die out how will they be able to read the news from newspapers on the internet, there not going to go and buy a computer just to see whats going on in the world. Also if you are travelling somewhere and don’t have a laptop how are you supposed to get on the internet and read the news, it might be handier to have it on the internet but the newspapers are way more reliable. I really think we should care for this newspapers are also part of our heritage, it’s what started news around the world.

There is quite a few advantages for getting your news on the web than from a newspaper because it is accessible all the time, you don't have to go uptown or to the post office to get the paper, can find mostly anything you want about news on the internet, and you don't have to pay for it, it seems like everything you want doesn't it? Well some disadvantages are what about when your internet doesn't work, or you don't even have internet. Also can you find your local news on the internet? I believe that is another problem with getting your news on the web. Another disadvantage is you just lose the tradition and feel of the newspaper if you get your news off the web. Yes maybe technology is the new thing but does it really have to take over the world?

Yes I will miss newspapers because there a part of our heritage and I just like going through the newspaper to check all the ads and cool designs of the newspaper the real life feeling of a newspaper, when you don’t get that with it on the computer.

Yes I think lots of people will miss newspaper because they are used to having them and sitting down and opening up the paper newspaper every week. Without newspapers they won't have the heritage and history like back in the old days, when newspapers started. I believe everyone will miss newspapers, but in years to come everyone will be over it and evolve through the technology and the evolution and won't care anymore in time.

Here is a link towards some articles explaining the death of newspapers:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/about/burman/letters/2007/02/what_is_the_future_of_newspape_1.html
http://www.cbc.ca/spark/2009/01/love-your-newspapers/

Blog 4 - Brydan Zbytovsky

I just finished reading the article that Schools creating new rules for social networking policies.

This article was about 27 college school in six major conferences that are creating new rules for social networking policies. Last fall, pictures emerged on Facebook of two 19-year old Hawkeye football players holding cash and liquor bottles. Also two LSU swimmers were removed from the team after making disparaging comments about their coaches on Facebook, and a Colorado football player and cross country runner were issued harassment tickets by campus police after sending a racially threatening Facebook message to a Hispanic cross country runner. This is just an example of one of the things that have happened on college campuses. So now more school are putting student leaders and coaches and administrators to monitor what goes on with their students, players, and friends in the world of social networking.

This article relates to me because I also am a athlete that uses Facebook and have seen status' myself that have been putting down coaches or teammates or other towns, which is all wrong this is seen by the public, all of this is considered bullying. Kids don't understand or realize what they are doing, I have heard of incidents that the sports league had to get involved and punish what was going on. Also I have seen pictures that are deemed inappropriate to most and advertising Alcohol to minors in pictures that are posted on Facebook. The kids have to realize everyone can see this, and I mean EVERYONE your friends, family, non- friends, colleagues, you have to respect and follow the rules of social networking. People have to show respect for themselves on here, and watch what they say because they might be hurting someone and they don't even know it.

I agree with these rules that these colleges have put into affect with social networking rules. This is way all of the situations and mistakes someone made can be taken up by a senior leader and if they cannot handle the situation they can take it up with an administrator. I do disagree a little bit with this policy because I think people use social networking to contact friends and family, and yes there are somethings that do not need to be on Facebook but i do think there needs to be some kind of privacy towards the people, some of these rules are kind of like spying don't you think? So yes i do agree with these rules but you still have to consideration of privacy towards people, everyone likes their own privacy.

Here is the link to this article:
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/2008-07-27-social-networks_N.htm

Ethics and Freedom of the press - Brydan Zbytovsky

I think journalists should have limited freedoms because everyone needs guidelines to follow without rules the journalists would do and write whatever they pleased. People want to know what's going on in the world not a whole bunch of crazy stories that journalists changed and made up because they don't have any rules to follow. Even though journalists have limited freedoms some still do cross the boundaries to get their story across even if they do harass the subject(s).

No journalistic freedom should not be unlimited because you would not know what kind of stories you are getting. The journalists might abuse their freedoms, and ruin the journalistic society for everyone. There still needs to be some restrictions and guidelines to follow but their has to be some freedom because if their wasn't it might have a negative effect on journalism.

I believe with these freedoms has to come responsibility. If you didn't have responsibility with these freedoms all of these freedoms would be over indulged. You have to be able to use these freedoms with responsibility and respect to others, you can't just think i have all these freedoms and not think before you act. You have to show people that you are a journalist with class and can prove that you use these freedoms the right way not towards the wrong.

Journalistic freedom has been violated everywhere in the world. For example there was a bunch of native boys that were vandalizing a playground and buses at a camp for kids, and in this story their really isn't a need to say it was native boys that vandalized this camp. No one knows why this needed to be said just people think natives are known for vandalizing things which is a stereotype, lots of racial groups including white people vandalize, so there was a good example of a violation of these freedoms.

I really don't think the press in Canada is that free because it is controlled by the government so everything that is put out there goes through the government first. Do not get me wrong though I'm sure their are freedoms that the press do have because the government cannot control everything and they want to make the people happy right? So really this is a hard information to answer because they might have different rules that we do not exactly know about. I think in my community it is pretty free what they print off but I believe they do a good job on using responsibility on their freedom. In my school the press is pretty free but they have to take in consideration of the guidelines are school has; the "Three Beliefs" which are; respect, responsibility, and choose to learn. Even though our school has freedom they still have to follow some kind of rules or else the stories and everything that would be said would cause chaos in the school. Everything in the press is related in some way, the higher up you are in society the less freedom you will have about freedom because you have a wider range of information as in the press of a school. They all have the same guidelines to follow but have different freedoms to follow in my opinion.

Freedom of Speech in Journalism - Dustin Wallace

A study was taken about teens a video games, it was about the stereotype of how video games were anti-social, solitary, and violent. But the study proved that stereotype wrong. Most of the teens in the survey said that they usually play video games in front of people or with other people. It also showed that the games that are being played often have content in them such as where you have to make decisions about towns and how things should be run. The study showed that the teens that play these games learn about current events, and are more likely to be civically engaged and raise money for charity. Also, the person in charge of doing the survey encouraged parents and teachers check into how diverse and the variety of the video games that are being played.

This study relates to me because I have always played video games and have realised many of the things that have been noted in this study. Some of the games that I have played have had many problem solving type puzzles and made you really think about what you had to do. And also many of the games now are where you have to build things and make money, this is a very good way to get teen a little bit prepared for the real life. For example one big thing that one game has taught me is that you need to spend money to make money.

I completely agree with this study. I think that some of the games that are out make you smarter, and now it seems like littler kids are starting to play video games and there are games meant for them to make them smarter. Some video games also teach you how to manage your money witch is a very good skill to learn. One other part of the study was about how video games are anti-social, witch I think some games are in a way, but there are also games that are meant to be played with other people. For example the game Rockband, this is a great game to play with friends and it is also a lot more fun to play with other people. I think video games are a good thing and teach teens very good skills.

Ethics and Freedom of the Press - Dustin Wallace

Journalists should have the freedom to expression, and freedom of the press. Journalists should be able to express everything they want, as long as it follows journalistic ethics. All journalists should know the statement of principles (http://www.caj.ca/?p=2o), if what a journalist wants to express violates one of these statements they should not publish it. Journalists should also have the freedom of the press, they should be able to put any story out for people to see, journalists job is to let people know about things they should know about. But again it has to agree with the statement of principles. If anything is going to raise ethical issues it should not be published.

Journalist should not have unlimited freedoms, there is a reason somethings are not public. If journalists had unlimited freedoms there would be no such thing as a secret because the journalists would have the right to let everybody know about it. There is a reason for secret, some things are better left unknown.

Journalistic freedoms are often violated, a recent example is when reporters put a video of Miley Cyrus doing drugs on the news. It was not fair to her, and they did not have her permission to do it. She was a role model for many girls, journalists did not have the right to put that on the news.

The press is very free in Canada. It seems like there is a news story about just about everything that happens nationally. Comparing Canada to other countries, like North Korea, our press is very free. In Unity it is very much the same, there's not much that isn't reported on. But in our school it is different. There is not much that is shared to the students, the teachers seem to keep everything they know about events and such to them selves till the last minute. The press is not very free at our school.

Thinking about Journalistic Ethics - Brydan Zbytovsky

I think it is important for journalists to have a code of ethics because if they did not have rules they would do and report whatever they felt like not caring about what people think or what people see. They need guidelines to know what people like and what they want to know, because if journalists report stuff out of peoples interest no one is going to care about news stories. Also people will never want to talk to the journalist if they are allowed to twist and do anything they want to your story because then the story isn't really true and everything we would hear about would be false.

There are many kinds of rules journalists should observe when they report a story, they have strict guidelines towards a story which all should be followed. There should be no bias or slant towards any story. You can find the rules journalist have to follow here; http://www.caj.ca/?p=20

I don't think a journalist should tell everything he or she knows, there are somethings that you know that you shouldn't report. Sometimes you have to leave some parts of the story out that really don't need to be in the story like the race or sex of a person, or complete details because it might offend someone or put you in danger to the mafia.

A journalist should tell his or her subject everything about the story their about to report. If this does not happen the subject might think the story is going to be fine but if the journalist lied to them what the story was going to be about they could twist the story, and the subject might not like that. The subject wants the truth to both sides of the story not a twisted story, and they want to make sure they have the right facts because they might catch something the journalist didn't.

Yes i think their are limits to what should be reported, the journalists have to watch information that is confidential and personal towards families and police. They could put other people in danger or themselves, also by giving graphic details about a crash for example could really hurt a family.

I think a reporter and the subject should just have a business related relationship and nothing more. This is your job as a reporter to be treated and known as a professional, nothing should change this. No matter what the relationship is off the job it should not change what you write about or the story, it is your job to have the facts and not to have a slant on the story.

Thinking About Journalistic Ethics - Dustin Wallace

Ethics are important to journalists because they need to know whats right and whats wrong. If they do not follow the code of ethics someones not going to like it and it will give all journalists a bad name, and if journalists have a bad name no one is going to want to be interviewed or get a story done about themselves.

The general rules that the journalists follow are displayed on this website, http://www.caj.ca/?p=20

Journalists create articles and stories that people want to read, these stories inform, expose, examine, etc. Journalists do not need to tell everything they know, but they still need to make it a fair story and tell the truth. There is usually some sort of slant or spin in a stories. Not all journalists are neutral therefore there is going to be some omission in the story, omission is a huge part of journalism.

A journalist should always tell the subject what the story they are writing is about. It is very important to respect your subject. If journalists start to disrespect there subjects no one is going to want a story done about them because they do not know if they should believe the journalist that is writing the story.

There is always boundaries for what journalist should report on. Journalists always need to remember the statement of principles, (http://www.caj.ca/?p=20). If a story is questionable, and the statement of principles do not agree with your story, you should not be writing the story, or say something in the story so there is no questions. For an example, if you are writing a story about something, and you are suppose to have a picture with your story but the only pictures you have are graphic or someone doesn't want the pictures in the story, it is not fair to put them in the story.

Journalists should not get attached to the person they are reporting on. If they get in a really close relationship it may raise ethical issues, such as the journalist's story isn't fair because they are trying to make the person they are interviewing look good. Also, a journalist should never mislead there subject and lie to them, it is not right to tell them you are on there side and that you love them, then turn the story around and make the subject look bad and do the things you said you wouldn't.

The Death of Newspapers? - Dustin Wallace

I think that newspapers are dying out. They are not as popular because you do not get the news right that minute like you would on the Internet or even television. But many people still read news papers because of the soft news stories in them that its harder to find on the Internet.
Many people read the newspapers because its a lot more local then the news stories you find on the Internet, like in Unity for example, the stories that are in the local newspaper are not on the TV or Internet.
It is getting hard for the newspapers to survive because of the Internet and TV( http://www.cbc.ca is a good example of both). With the Internet you can get your news 24/7. Usually after something big happens it is on the Internet within minutes, either on a news site or on a social networking site like Twitter.
We should care if newspapers don't exist. If there were no more newspapers many people would lose there jobs. Also a lot of older people still rely on the newspapers to get there news because they still do not have the Internet, there are also many other people with out the Internet, not just seniors.
The advantages of having news on the Internet are that its free, easy, 24/7, and you can find things from the past. Some disadvantages are that the news is usually more national and less local, if people do not own a computer you can't get the news and that if there is no electricity you also can't get the news.
I personally won't miss the newspapers because I have never really been into reading them and have always got my news from the Internet.
Many people will miss the newspapers because there are still many people without the Internet and still enjoy reading newspapers. If no one read the news papers the Unity Herald would be out of business so people must still read the newspapers.