Data investigative reporting & ethical problem in pakistan journalism

DATA
INVESTIGATI
VE
REPORTING
BS 4 A NUML UNIVERSITY
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News Reporting ( Ali Haider )

PRESENTED BY
• Syed Ali Hassan Shah
• Osama Faheem
• Mamoon Ahmed
• Shumail Umer
• Hassan Shafiq
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CONTENTS
• What is data Journalism ?
• Who are Difference & Process in Data Journalism ?
• What Are Benefits & Principal of Investigative Reporting ?
• Elements Of Investigative Reporting ?
• What Is Ethics ?
• Major Ethic Problems In Pakistan Journalism ?
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MAMOON
AHMED
1st to present the slides
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• Data journalism is "a way of enhancing reporting and news writing with
the use and examination of statistics in order to provide a deeper insight
into a news story and to highlight relevant data.
• It reflects the increased interaction between content producers and
several other fields such as design, computer science and statistics.
• From the point of view of journalists, it represents "an overlapping set of
competencies drawn from disparate fields".
DATA JOURNALISM
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DATA JOURNALISM DIFFERENT TO THE REST
OF JOURNALISM?
 Perhaps it is the new possibilities that open up when you combine
the traditional ‘nose for news’ and ability to tell a compelling story,
with the sheer scale and range of digital information now available.
 Data journalism can help a journalist tell a complex story through
engaging info-graphics.
 Getting started with data journalism does not require huge
resources.
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PROCESS IN DATA
JOURNALISM
• Finding data expert knowledge
Ability to use computer assisted reporting skills, technical in data
gathering.
• Interrogating data
A good understanding of jargon and the wider context within
which data sits, statistics.
• Cleaning Data
Raw data can be difficult to make meaning of, therefore you need
to process data set into a format which is easily analyzed.
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PROCESS IN DATA
JOURNALISM
• Getting The Story Out of Data
The most useful output of analysis is getting a story out of the
data through statistical or mathematical processing.
• Visualizing data
At this stage, data is converted into information through the use
of graphics, pictures, diagrams and charts.
Publish, Distribute, Measure.
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GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION
OF PROCESS
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OSAMA FAHEEM
2nd to present the slides
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BENEFITS
It helps you find and write
stories from the huge amount of
data released by governments
every day.
It helps you find the strongest
stories more quickly.
It can help explain why and how
a story relates to the individual.
BENEFITS
 Data journalism helps open up
the news gathering process
itself.
 Data journalism can help a
journalist tell a complex story
through engaging visualizations.
BENEFITS OF USING DATA
JOURNALISM
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• Investigative journalism is a
form of journalism in which
reporters deeply investigate a
single topic of interest, such
as serious crimes, political
corruption, or corporate
wrongdoing.
• Investigative journalism is
finding, reporting and
presenting news which other
people try to hide.
INVESTIGATIVE
JOURNALISM
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Keep your
eyes and ears
open
Get the facts
News Value
Check the
facts
Fit the facts
together
Evidence
Work within
the law
PRINCIPLES OF
INVESTIGATIVE
REPORTING
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• It’s about digging
deeply into an issue or
topic.
• The issue or topic has
to be of public
interest.
• It’s original and
proactive.
• It should produce new
information or put
together previously
available.
INVESTIGATIVE
REPORTING HAS THE
FOLLOWING
ELEMENTS
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• Information in a new way
to reveal its significance.
• It should be multi-
sourced.
• Because of its in-depth
nature, it calls for greater
resources and team
working.
INVESTIGATIVE
REPORTING HAS THE
FOLLOWING
ELEMENTS
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HASSAN SHAFIQ
3rd To present the slides
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Passion
( Well-developed
reporting skills )
Curiosity
( Broad general
knowledge and good
research skills )
Flexibility
( Discretion )
Logical thinking,
organisation and self-
discipline
Team working and
communication skills
QUALITIES OF
AN
INVESTIGATIVE
JOURNALIST
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STORY IDEAS FOR
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
• Your own experience and that of friends and neighbors.
• Follow-ups on previous stories.
• Reading and the Internet.
• Street, cafes and taxi gossip.
• Routine checks of public information and with contacts.
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WRITING THE
INVESTIGATIVE STORY
• This requires choices about: form, content, and style.
• The 7 stages of writing: choosing the subject, planning, news
gathering, pre- writing, writing, re-writing and feedback.
• Good writing: accuracy, clarity, conciseness, coherence,
conventionality and originality while writing the investigative story.
• Make sure the story is complete.
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ETHIC
PROBLEMS
IN PAK
JOURNALIS
M
NEXT TOPIC
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WHAT IS
ETHICS?
 Ethics is defined as a moral philosophy or code of morals practiced
by a person or group of people.
 Ethics, also called moral philosophy
 It says:
 The discipline concerned with what is morally good and bad and
morally right and wrong. how people make decisions and lead their
lives.
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ETHICAL ISSUES
IN MEDIA
 1 PLAGIARISM
 2 POYLA
 3 CONFLICT OF INTEREST
 4 WITHHOLDING INFORMATION
 5 DECEIT
 6 INVASION OF PRIVACY
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SHUMAIL UMER
4th To Present Slides
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LETS DISCUSS ONE BY ONE
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PLAGIARISM
• Plagiarism is considered as passing off
someone's else creative work as your own.
• Taking of another's words and representing
them as your own work.
• It is a form of thievery.
• It is NOT only unethical but
• ILLEGAL

PAYO
LA
 Act of giving or offering a bribe
 It can be in the form of
 Gifts
 Lunch , Dinners
 Free Drinks
 Offering a Dress
 Offering a vehicle
 Free Tickets on Mega Events etc.
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EXAM
PLE
• Television critics are invited to a whirlwind series of premiere showings
,interviews and parties with the stars
E.g. (LUX AWARDS, HUM AWARDS)
• The network offers to pay all expenses of a reporters
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WHAT IS
CONFLICT
• A serious disagreement or argument b/w people, organizations & states
• It is a clash of ideology
• conflict are different in nature
• They are:
• personal Racial class caste political and international.
• Conflict arises when reporter are serving themselves or the paper instead of readers
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SYED ALI HASSAN
SHAH
Last To Present Slides
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CONFLICT OF
INTEREST
• Can a member of a Democratic or Republican party cover the political
beat fairly?
• Can a religion editor objectively report on developments in their own
Mosques and Churches ?
• Can Information Minister of a Government gives news against his own
Government to media ?
• Answer to all question is a BIG NO
• Because their interest clash with the event
• Because there is a Clash of Ideology
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LETS UNDERSTAND WITH THE 27
FEB 2019 EVENT
• Indian media reported that
• Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman crashed F16 of Pakistan and
started reporting event in a way that
• India’s pressurize Pakistan so Pakistan freed him
• But PM PAKSITAN SAID
• Pakistan releases Indian pilot Abhinandan as 'peace gesture‘
• And 2nd It was a lie that India hits PAKISTAN’S F 16
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WITHHOLDING
INFORMATION
• It means
• Refusal to give something
• that is due or desired
• Not sharing information to audience at time which they are supposed
to know
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EXAMPLE
• Interview of Former President Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari taken off air
July 2, 2019
• It was conducted by senior journalist Hamid Mir
• It was taken off air within a few minutes of broadcasting on Geo News,
leaving many question to the freedom of the press in Pakistan. E.g.
• Maryam Nawaz's protest rally Huge Rally in Pakpattan Blackout on
TVs The PML-N leader was due to address a protest rally , but
announced that the convoy had been cut off.
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WITHHOLDING
INFORMATION
• Government has decided and asked PEMRA to strictly follow the
guidelines.
• the federal cabinet decided to block media coverage and interviews of
politicians who are convicts or under-trial prisoners and directed the
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) to fulfill its
“responsibility” to discourage airing of such programs by electronic
media.
• This decision comes in the wake of recent controversial takedown of
Zardari's interview with Hamid Mir.
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INVASION OF PRIVACY
• Unjustifiable access into an individual’s private life.
• Obtained to someone's personality or personal affairs
• Public disclosure of embarrassing private information
• Appropriation of one's name or picture for personal or commercial
advantage
• Without his or her permission and/or knowledge.
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EXAMPL
E
• IMRAN KHAN MARRIED WITH JEWISH Jemima Goldsmith.
• Imran- Reham divorce
• Qandeel Baloch
• COVERAGE TO MODEL AYAN ALI AS STAR
• ALEEMA KHAN CASE
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• Thank you Bs 4 A
ANY QUESTION ?
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