Ethics and Law
Laws draw lines between permissible and impermissible acts, but differences are not necessarily based on moral principles.
Laws can prohibit or mandate behavior through the power of enforcement (fines, sanctions).
Law is primarily a system for resolving disputes.
Ethics & law share an assumption that decisions should be based on reasoning, but the modes of reasoning may be far different.
Structure of the News
Typical TV Station Departments
Production
Promotion
Engineering
Sales
Programming
Accounting
Management
Where is the news?
Wire Services
Satellite Feeds
The Internet
Newspapers
Police Radio
Informants
The Internet
You know what this is and how to use it! The most important thing to consider when using internet sources to find or follow up on stories is SOURCING! Make sure you gather your information from reputable websites. We’ll talk more about this in class.
Newspapers
Newspapers are an excellent starting point for broadcast journalists because (unlike most broadcast media: TV, radio) newspapers focus on journalism to the exclusion of entertainment programming.
Radio
Professional broadcast newsrooms are constantly monitoring police frequencies in search of breaking stories related to crime or catastrophe.
Beyond crime and catastrophe, however, news radio, can provide a good starting point for a more in-depth investigative report
Dictionary says:
1) New information about anything.
2) Recent happenings.
3) Reports of such events, collectively.
4) A newspaper or broadcast news program.
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