Week 4 - Discussion 2 11 unread reply.11 reply. Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under the Settings icon above for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated. The Culture Divide Prepare: For those with little understanding of the role of journalists in our society, the profession could be seen through a very small lens of one that is simply about reporting the facts. While there may be a bit of truth to this with regard to hard news coverage, cultural journalism is a much deeper phenomenon. This genre of journalism is more about understanding the connections and underlying factors for the news that we report on. Cultural journalism refers to writing and reporting that lends itself to the particular ways of life in a society, and it can encompass customs, ideologies, or art forms. We are finding that cultural journalism is quite popular among citizen journalists and those in community newsrooms who possess the time and interest to discover the connections. For this discussion, we will focus on cultural journalism from the perspective of community journalism. Read the At the Community Level: Cultural Competence and News Coverage of a City Neighborhood (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. article by Garyantes (2012). Reflect: After carefully reading the article, consider your feelings on journalists in your own community demonstrating “cultural competence” in news reporting. Do you feel as though this is an important aspect of reporting? How might it impact news reports in your community? Write: After considering the questions above, write a 250- to 300-word response that discusses how you feel about “cultural competence.” In your initial post, you must include at least one in-text citation from the reading material and an additional in-text citation from a scholarly source that you locate in the Ashford University Library or from another credible source. At the end of your post, include your name and a full reference for all sources cited in the body of your post. All citations and references must adhere to APA style guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Check It! Your post must be submitted through Grammarly prior to submission. Respond to Peers: After you have written your initial post, read the posts of your peers and respond to at least two others about their views on a journalist’s “cultural competence.” Your responses should address them by name, be between 100 and 150 words in length, and you must include your name at the end of each response. Week 4 - Discussion 1 11 unread reply.11 reply. Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your class.