A N I NTRODUCTION TO J OURNALISM Mrs. Ritter. W HAT IS J OURNALISM ? “an academic study concerned with the collection and editing of news or the management.

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A N I NTRODUCTION TO J OURNALISM Mrs. Ritter

W HAT IS J OURNALISM ? “an academic study concerned with the collection and editing of news or the management of a news medium” -Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary “ the profession of writing or communicating … for the benefit of a particular community of people” -Wikipedia.org

T YPES OF J OURNALISM Print: newspapers, magazines, community newsletters Broadcast: radio, television Online: internet versions of print journalism, blogs

W HAT IS A J OURNALIST ? A person with a career in journalism.

R OLE OF J OURNALISTS 1. Political function: “watchdog” of government, monitor those in office 2. Economic function: inform readers about products, goods, services, events, prices

R OLE OF J OURNALISTS 3. Sentry function: press must tell us not only about what is going on today but also what is likely to happen tomorrow

R OLE OF J OURNALISTS 4. Record-keeping function: keep accurate record of local, national, and world news 5. Entertainment function: provide a diversion from straight information

R OLE OF J OURNALISTS 6. Marketplace function: provide a variety of information on a variety of things

R OLE OF J OURNALISTS 7. Agenda-setting function: “while journalists don’t tell us what to think, they tell us what to think about”

A SSIGNMENT : Using online resources, create a PowerPoint, Word Presentation, Prezi, etc to demonstrate your knowledge of each of the functions of journalism. Each function should have a picture(s) and caption to represent that function. 1. Political 2. Economic 3. Sentry 4. Record-keeping 5. Entertainment 6. Martketplace 7. Agenda-setting

P OLITICAL President Obama 4/02/04/oreilly-v-obama-round-2- keystone-poverty-and-veterans/ This article criticizes Obama and his Keystone Pipeline plan.