Fall 2020 JOU 2312 23rd Class November 9, 2020

1. JOU 2312
REPORTING AND WRITING
FOR TV AND RADIO
Professor Michael Rizzo
Director, Journalism Program
Division of Mass Communication
Collins College of Professional Studies
Presentation for November 9, 2020

2. LAST CLASS – NOVEMBER 5
ETHICS
JOU 2312
REPORTING AND WRITING
FOR TV AND RADIO

3. TODAY
ANOTHER SIDE TO ETHICS
WORDS MATTER
NEWS WRITING FOR RADIO
JOU 2312
REPORTING AND WRITING
FOR TV AND RADIO

4. RECAP
GOOD BROADCST JOURNALISM ETHICS
REFLECTS IMPARTIAL, HONEST, ACCURATE
REPORTING THAT IS NOT INTERESTED IN
RATINGS BUT A PROPER, FAIR
PRESENTATION OF THE FACTS OF THE
STORY

5. BROADCAST JOURNALISM ETHICS
WE THINK OF ETHICAL BEHAVIOR AS
JUST ABOUT HOW TO PROPERLY
ACT AS A JOURNALIST, PURSUE
A STORY OR REPORT IT ON THE AIR.
AND IT DOES

6. BUT GOOD ETHICS BEGIN WITH THE
STANDARDS THAT BROADCAST NEWS
ORGANIZATIONS SET FOR
THEMSELVES

9. FROM PROPERLY WORDED
NEWS SCRIPTS THAT ARE CONCISE,
FACTUAL AND WITHOUT BIAS

10. FOR SOME STORIES, THE ONLY
WORK IS TO MAKE THE FACTS
CLEAR IN BROADCAST STYLE IN
THE TIME FRAME YOU HAVE TO
TELL THE INFORMATION

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14. FOR OTHER STORIES, JOURNALISTS
NEED TO BE MORE CAREFUL
ABOUT THE WORDS THEY USE
TO NOT REFLECT BIAS OR
SEEM LIKE THEY ARE JUDGING
SOMEONE OR SOMETHING.

16. WWW.RTDNA.ORG/ARTICLE/WEBINAR_WORDS_MATTER

17. WEBINAR: WORDS MATTER
JUNE 8, 2020
WORDS HAVE NEVER MATTERED MORE THAN THEY DO IN THE
AFTERMATH OF GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH. OR SHOULD THAT BE
HIS KILLING? HIS HOMICIDE? HIS MURDER? AND HOW CAN
JOURNALISTS BEST DESCRIBE WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE
THEN: PROTEST? RIOTING? AN UPRISING?
THIS WEBINAR EXPLORES HOW JOURNALISTS CAN BE
ACCURATE, INDEPENDENT AND ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE
LANGUAGE THEY USE. THERE MAY BE NO EASY ANSWERS, BUT
ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS IS A START. BRING YOUR OWN
EXAMPLES, IDEAS AND AN OPEN MIND.

18. THE FULL ARTICLE IS
UNDER THE CONTENT TAB IN BLACKBOARD

19. SPEAKERS ON THE VIDEO
• SCOTT LIBIN, PAST RTDNA CHAIRMAN, SEEN SCREEN LEFT
• TERENCE SHEPHERD, NEWS DIRECTOR, WLRN-FM AND
CURRENT RTDNA CHAIRMAN, SEEN SCREEN RIGHT

21. WHAT DID YOU HEAR THAT
RELATES TO ETHICAL
JOURNALISM?

22. HOW CAN YOU PREPARE AS A
BROADCAST JOURNALIST TO
DO GOOD REPORTING OF
CONTROVERSIAL LIVE EVENTS?

24. HOW DID THIS REPORTER DO
IN WORDING LIVE REPORTING?

26. STAY WELL
AND
STAY SAFE