The Mind of a Journalist How Reporters View Themselves- Their World- and Their Craft

The Mind of a Journalist: How Reporters View Themselves, Their World, and Their Craft

What propels an individual into becoming a professional observer and chronicler of society, joining a group that is often targeted for criticism by the general public?
Can a journalist really have an objective view of the world and the way it operates or do journalists each operate from a specific worldview, parts of which are held in common by all journalists?

Do journalists feel they can become involved in normal social and civic activities, or is the world a detached storehouse of ideas for stories?

Is the journalist most effective on the sidelines of society, or in getting involved in the action, or taking to the field as a referee or field judge?

If journalists are so devoted to the ideals of objectivity, detachment, truth, and providing an accurate view of the world, why do so many of them leave journalism and move into public relations, media consulting, and advertising?

These are just some of the issues explored in The Mind of a Journalist: How Reporters See Themselves, Their Stories, and the World For students and would-be journalists, this book analyzes the rational processes journalists use in defining themselves, their world, and their relation to that world

Written by veteran journalist and noted professor Jim Willis, with many observations from working and recently retired journalists from both print and broadcast, the goal of the book is to put this discussion of journalist thinking into the classroom (alongside discussion of reporting and writing techniques) Ultimately, the book provides added insights to how journalists think and why they do what they do

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Included throughout the book are many observations/interviews from working journalists at such media outlets as: The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, CNN, The Memphis Commercial-Appeal, WRTV Television in Indianapolis, and The Daily Oklahoman A running single-story example (President’s Bush’s decision to invade Iraq in 2003) shows how the same story was treated by several different journalist mindsets, and thereby examining how these different mindsets defined the issues of truth, ethics, and legality for this story

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