The Little Rebellion

Tag: Society of Professional Journalists

  • Inspiring Experiences of a Journalist

    Inspiring Experiences of a Journalist

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    Amanda Grappone and Kate Blessing
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    In the days of Twitter and Facebook, media consumers are becoming media producers and professional journalists are finding themselves scooped by citizen journalists. So saysJohn Larson, a veteran broadcast journalist and SUNY New Paltz’s 10th James H. Ottaway Sr. Professor of Journalism, in an interview with Interim President Donald P. Christian. Larson recalled the 2009…

  • Media Ethics: Coverage of Political Terrorism

    Media Ethics: Coverage of Political Terrorism

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    Fall 2010 Media Ethics Class
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    Four students from Howard Good’s fall 2010 Media Ethics course explore the media’s responsibility in covering political terrorism. This video examines various accounts of book-burnings throughout history and how they have affected the world, with a focus on Pastor Terry Jones’ recent “Burn a Quran Day” mission. It suggests the overpowering role underlying agendas have in the media, and…