Overview about journalism

1. Journalism
MEDIA 100 - E01
Justin Tan, Anne Mallari, Jonbenet Vidola

2. WHAT IS JOURNALISM?
is the activity of gathering, assessing,
creating, and presenting news and
information. It is also the product of these
activities.

3. Functions of Journalism
Information
Interpretation of News
Entertainment
- This function includes all reports, news and
happenings concerning the daily life.
- The need for interpreting and explaining the
news in our day and age is readily manifold
because their own fields of knowledge baffle
even the specialists at times.
- Under this function can be included all types of
fiction like comic strips, stories of amusing
aspects of everyday life etc. It also includes
factual material: sports news, theater reviews
and hobby columns, which deal with leisure.

4. Functions of Journalism
Advertising
Agenda-Setting
- This function of the press can very easily be
recognized because it is commercially oriented.
- "While journalists don't tell us what to think,
they do tell us what to think about." - This
suggests that the media has the power to
determine what we talk about as people and
address as a nation.

5. Principles and Standards of Journalism
Seek Truth and Report It
Minimize Harm
- Ethical journalism should be accurate
and fair. Journalists should be honest
and courageous in gathering,
reporting and interpreting
information.
- Ethical journalism treats sources,
subjects, colleagues and members of
the public as human beings
deserving of respect.

6. Principles and Standards of Journalism
Act Independently
Be Accountable and
Transparent
- The highest and primary obligation
of ethical journalism is to serve the
public.
- Ethical journalism means taking
responsibility for one’s work and
explaining one’s decisions to the
public.

7. News Journalism
Feature Journalism
Investigative Journalism
Opinion Pieces
Columns
TYPES OF
JOURNALISM

8. News Journalism
Straight Forward & Unbiased
Includes Headline
Lacks Depth of Feature Stories
Facts, Events, & Information

9. Feature Journalism
Trends: Events, Topics, or People
Highest Word Count
Interviews
Prestigious Awards

10. Investigative Journalism
Uncover the Truth
Verification & Accuracy
Uncooperative Sources

11. Opinion Pieces
AKA: Review Pieces
Provide Intellectual Opinion
Opinion & Factual
Describe & Identify

12. Columns
Can Range in Emotion
Usually Published Weekly
Specialise in Area or Topic
Author’s Interpretation on Issue
Personality of Author

13. JOURNALISM IN THE
PHILIPPINE SETTING
History and Issues
PRE-COLONIAL ERA
SPANISH PERIOD
REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD
JAPANESE PERIOD
POST-COLONIAL PERIOD
MARCOS ERA
FIFTH REPUBLIC

14. Pre Colonial Era
BAYBAYIN
Indigenous indic script
Others are Kulitan,
Tagbanwa, Buhid

15. Spanish Period
Del Superior Gobierno
La Esperanza
La Opinion
Diario de Manila
- The first real newspaper in the country
- First Daily News paper in the country
- Considered as the best newspaper on its time
- Marked the baginning of political journalism in the
country

16. Japanese Period
Birth of Underground Press
The Liberator
Hukbalahap Newspapers

17. Revolutionary Period
La Solidaridad
Kalayaan
- The first newspaper when Filipinos
were beginning to free themselves
from the colonial masters
- The newspaper which made my the
Katipuneros

18. Post Colonial Period
Free Press
Competitiveness

19. Marcos Times
Letter Insruction No. 1
Founding Philippine Inquirer
Frerdom of the press was
redeemed

20. 5th Republic and Modern Times
Beginning of Electronic news
Journalism are Put into Different
Media
Continuous publication of papers