Hi Seniors:
Here are some links you can follow/use to compare the different types of journalistic styles:
(also, notice the questions I want you to answer in your blog post this week)
Television:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/
http://www.whotv.com/videobeta/
Questions: What differences do you see in national and local news coverage? What similarities do you see?
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Radio:
http://www.npr.org/sections/news/
http://www.whoradio.com/
Questions: Why do you think some people like radio news better than any other form of journalism? Besides the lack of video, are there differences in radio and television journalism?
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Magazine:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine
http://www.newsweek.com/stories.html
Questions: Magazine subscriptions are falling. Why do you think that is? What is your favorite magazine, and why?
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Newspapers:
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/todayspaper/index.html
http://online.wsj.com/itp
Questions: Newspapers have been around for centuries: many well-known authors got their start as newspaper writers. Yet, newspaper subscriptions have fallen in recent years, and many smaller papers have stopped printing. Do you think newspapers still have a valid place in society (should they continue to be printed?) What would you advise a small, struggling newspaper to do if they asked your opinion?
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Online Only: (these are two news magazines that have never put out a paper copy.
http://www.slate.com/
http://www.salon.com/
Questions: As the Internet (always capitalize the word Internet, please) continues to grow, all news outlets are moving some of their content to the web. You have taken advantage of this today...imagine if you'd had to turn on a radio, watch a television, find a guy selling papers on the street, AND had to go to a magazine store to do this assignment! Yet some people are clinging desperately to the "older" ways of receiving news. What do you think--do you think the Internet is the future of journalism? What is your favorite type of journalism, and how do you prefer to view/read/listen to it--the old fashioned way, or online? Why?
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Hopefully you will gain some insight into the different types of journalism. Please bring a copy of a newspaper (or part of a newspaper) with you to class next Thursday.
Have a great long weekend!! :)
KF
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