Elements Chapter 8 "Engagement and Relevance"
Journalism is hard work--we don't want to become too involved as we fear becoming apart of the story which will somehow take away the objectivity and integrity of what we are writing about.
One of the stories given in this chapter was about R. J. Voigt. His story interests me and so I went and researched him a bit. See http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bal-angelsjournal,0,5346345.story. The article features a few of Voigt's journal entries. We see this sweet Godly boy who just wants to be happy and can't wait for the one in four weeks when he doesn't have to take his oral chemo treatment. He takes it with apple juice but he still hates the taste of it.
Sure, there is more to this chapter but I guess I was too taken aback by this story. Through the Voigt story we see how people can become engaged, attracted to the story, and it is still relevant to reality. For me, I can relate somewhat. I love good stories and the motivational stories of children's deaths--not that I love children's deaths--that would be atrocious--but I love the story behind the story. Okay, the kid dies but who is this kid, what makes him special, what makes me want to learn about him as a person, to see his struggles, and to see a glimpse of hope for myself and others. That's a story. --One such story like Voight's is the movie Johnny. See trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sYQJfge5eQ.
Minds Chapter 7 discusses celebrity journalists. I don't really know what to say about how I personally feel about this. Sure, as a future journalist the money and fame that would come with the job would be enticing but then whatever I report would not be entirely objective and also what I would report would be for my own gain, rather than the people of whom I would report for. Here is Amy Goodman's take on celebrity journalism http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fva8YU4iEPY where it basically says that the Iraq war ended celebrity journalism as it has made us so immune to certain stories and we turned our back from the media as we grew tired of the stories, the lies, and the extremism. In all, we turned our back on journalists and the media all together; thus, we ended celebrity journalism. We had lost faith in the media and it's role in democracy in our lives.
Journalism is hard work--we don't want to become too involved as we fear becoming apart of the story which will somehow take away the objectivity and integrity of what we are writing about.
One of the stories given in this chapter was about R. J. Voigt. His story interests me and so I went and researched him a bit. See http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bal-angelsjournal,0,5346345.story. The article features a few of Voigt's journal entries. We see this sweet Godly boy who just wants to be happy and can't wait for the one in four weeks when he doesn't have to take his oral chemo treatment. He takes it with apple juice but he still hates the taste of it.
Sure, there is more to this chapter but I guess I was too taken aback by this story. Through the Voigt story we see how people can become engaged, attracted to the story, and it is still relevant to reality. For me, I can relate somewhat. I love good stories and the motivational stories of children's deaths--not that I love children's deaths--that would be atrocious--but I love the story behind the story. Okay, the kid dies but who is this kid, what makes him special, what makes me want to learn about him as a person, to see his struggles, and to see a glimpse of hope for myself and others. That's a story. --One such story like Voight's is the movie Johnny. See trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sYQJfge5eQ.
Minds Chapter 7 discusses celebrity journalists. I don't really know what to say about how I personally feel about this. Sure, as a future journalist the money and fame that would come with the job would be enticing but then whatever I report would not be entirely objective and also what I would report would be for my own gain, rather than the people of whom I would report for. Here is Amy Goodman's take on celebrity journalism http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fva8YU4iEPY where it basically says that the Iraq war ended celebrity journalism as it has made us so immune to certain stories and we turned our back from the media as we grew tired of the stories, the lies, and the extremism. In all, we turned our back on journalists and the media all together; thus, we ended celebrity journalism. We had lost faith in the media and it's role in democracy in our lives.
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