MassCom Digest: Notes, Theories & Media Trends

Principles of political reporting The most important thing to remember about politics is that it involves people. It involves the politicians who make decisions, the public servants who carry out their orders and - most important - the people affected by their actions. Your job as a journalist is to serve the people affected, to explain how the decisions will affect their lives. You should also give them knowledge they need to take part in debates and vote for the people who will serve them best. You should not be writing for the politicians or public servants concerned in particular issues; they should know already what is going on. Whenever you report on any political story, always ask yourself: "How will it affect my readers' or listeners' lives?" There is a further reason for reporting politics. If you tell the people what is happening, they can give their reactions to it. They can write letters to the editor, give their opinions in vox pops or express their feel...

STRUCTURE OF THE NEWS ROOM NEWS ROOM A newsroom is the central place where journalists—reporters, editors, and producers, along with other staffs—work to gather news to be published in a newspaperand/or an online newspaper or magazine, or broadcast on radio, television, or cable. Some journalism organizations refer to the newsroom as the city room REPORTING SECTION MAGAZINE SECTION ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT NEWS ROOM One of the traditional mass communications is the presence of a large number of gatekeepers. This fact is seen in gathering and reporting of news for conventional print and broadcast media. Reporting is a team effort and quite a few members of the team serve as gatekeepers. Online reporting in contrast may have only one or a few gatekeepers. There are two main sources of news; staff reports and the wire services. Other less important sources include feature syndicates as well as handouts and releases from various public and private sources. The City Ed...

CHINA 1: SHINVA BEIJING 1000 CORRESPONDENTS IN WORLD JAPAN KYODO NEWS SERVICES GIGI PRESS AAP AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS AUSTRALIA CABLE NEWS NETWORK CNN AMERICAN TURNOR MEDIA GROUP NOW TIMES WARNER COMPNAY CNN LIVE REPORTING WAS INTRODUCED IN 1984 IT WAS FIRST 24/7 NEWS CHANNEL BBC BRITISH BROADCASTING COMPANY FOX NEWS CBS COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SERVICE ABC AMERICA BROADCASTING COMPANY VK BBC FOUNDED IN 1947 SKY NEWS IST INDEPENDENT TV CHANNEL 24 HOURS NEWS CHANNEL IN FRANCE  DOECHETE  BERLIN  GERMNAY BASED CHANNEL ALJAZIRA IS ARABIC CHANNEL BASED IN QATAR ALARBIA : DUBAI BASED PRESS TV : LONDON UK GLOBAL SKY RUSSIA TOADY MOSCOW BASED ENGLISH NEWS CHANNEL TIMES NOW, INDIA TODAY,CBN,IBN ,STAR NEWS ZEE NEWS,WION TV, DOORDARSHAN INDIAN NEWS CHANNELS PTV PAKISTAN BASED NEWS CHANNEL   

TOP NEWS AGENCIES OF THE WORLD 1:AP ASSOCIATE PRESS  The Associated Press  ( AP ) is a U.S.-based not-for-profit  news agency  headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association. The AP is owned by its contributing newspapers and radio and television stations in the United States, all of which contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists. Its Statement of News Values and Principles spells out its standards and practices. 2: United Press International  ( UPI )  is an international news agency whose newswires, photo, news film, and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations for most of the 20th century. At its peak, it had more than 6,000 media subscribers. Since the first of several sales and staff cutbacks in 1982, and the 1999 sale of its broadcast client list to its riv...

Introduction to Global media  1: PRINT MEDIA 2:NEWS AGENCIES 3: CHANNELS /MEDIA HOUSES 4: MEDIA HOUSES 1: USA GLOBAL MEDIA LEADER WASHINGTON POST IS ONE OF THE OLDEST NEWS PAPER 2:NEWYORK TIMES 2ND LEADING NEWSPAPER 3: THE WALL STREET JOURNAL WALL STREET BUSINESS HUB NEW YORK POST  AND WASHINGTON TIMES :COLUMBIA 4:USA TODAY IS NATIONAL NEWSPAPER 5: LAT LOSS ANGELOS TIMES  FROM CALIFORNIA 6: SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE 7: CHICAGO TRIBUNE OLDEST 8: BOSTON GLOBE MANCHSESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 9:MIANA HAREL FLORIDA 10: INTERNATIONAL HAREL TRIBUNE EXTERNAL ADDITION OF NEWYORK TIMES 11: CHIRSTIAN SIGNS MONITOR  NEWSPAPER BUT OF SIZE OF MAGZINE FRANCISCO CANADA 1: TORONTO STAR 2: GLOBE AND MILE (TORONTO) UNITED KINGDOM UK IS STRONG DEMOCRACY AND STRONG MEDIA WITH FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION 1: BBC BRITISH BROADCASTING COMPANY 1: THE TIMES OF LONDON 2: THE GUARDIAN 3: THE INDEPENDENT 4:THE TELEGRAPH 5: THE OBSERVER 6: THE FINANCI...

TERMS USED IN MEDIA REPORTING 1: ABC (AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION)  is a non-profit  circulation - auditing  organisation. It certifies and  audits  the circulations of major publications, including newspapers and magazines.ABC grants  audit bureau of circulation certification of circulation of any newspaper 2: APNS All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) is an organization of major Pakistani newspapers  their publishers, companies and corporations including Jang Group of Newspapers, Dawn Group of Newspapers and Nawa-i-Waqt Group of Newspaper s. 3 :BANNER  ˌbanner ˈheadline   words printed in very large letters across the top of the first page of a newspaper. or  any extra ordinary headline in a news paper which spread over most of the space of the news paper  4: BEAT  A news beat is a news territory assigned to a reporter who is then expected to keep track of all events tak...