JOUA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: American Press Institute, Citizen Journalism, Visual Journalism
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Journalism: a craft or profession: what is journalism, american press institute: "journalism is the product of gathering, assessing, creating, and presenting news and information. The post also suggested that the phrase "serving the public interest" was problematic, potentially deterring journalists from being critical: the canadian association of journalists said in a statement: "licensing can only work when you can precisely define the group that you are calling a profession, like a doctor or a lawyer and that isn"t the case with journalists. " "we should be talking about professional conduct, yes, but professionalization wouldn"t work and shouldn"t work. " Licensing could also limit creativity and lead to cookie cutter-like stories: tonda maccharles (journalist, the toronto star), minimum contemporaries should be expected. "[journalism} does require skills and not all of us have all of those skills. One thing i"ve learned is that we share some common characteristics. But not all of us are great data crunchers.
