JOUR 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Tom Rosenstiel, Factcheck.Org, Project Vote Smart
7 Sep 2016
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Metaphorical or allegorical (literature: elephant story, emperor"s new clothes. Different roles give different views (family stories) Sometimes we"re bad at journalism because we"re human. Repetition of untruth by well-intentioned but misguided individuals. Deliberate spin (make it up on purpose) Oversimplification for the sake of storytelling (good guy/bad guy; hero/villain) Lies of omission (limit to the amount of truth that comes out: sources won"t talk, sources won"t tell all. Pew survey shows journalists want to get the facts straight. Getting at the whole truth is a process. Show the events (describe) instead of telling (interpretation) Not tell: a crowd attended the hearing. What happened that cause me to feel this way: help the reader feel the emotions, connect with your story. Use records and documents (record source of some kind: primary to cite or quote. Angelica"s river story: homeowners, epa, agency people that do work, homeowners trying to start an organization, budget, epa studies: secondary for background.
