I decided to do a feature story looking at the rise of citizen journalism as many people nowadays are turning to citizen journalism to express their views and opinions. My personal focus will be the online media platform STOMP, because I do have some friends who are regular Stompers. However, citizen journalism is still a debatable issue. This is mainly because not anything and everything on STOMP can be considered as news. Many people post personal stomps and sometimes post some issues which might seem to most as unnecessary and 'lame'.
Well, I am trying to get hold of the person in charge of STOMP, but its not easy so I will probably take some direct quotes from a video that she was in.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Monday, July 4, 2011
Week 10- Moral Minefields: Legal and Ethical Dilemma
The rights of the journalist is that they are able to take photographs of their news subject in public.Looking at the case study of Bosco Wong, pictures were wrongfully taken of him in his bathroom. Celebrities in Hong Kong in particular, are not protected against privacy and journalists they go the extra mile to get a very interesting news story. The impetus for journalists to invade privacy is basically to sell newspapers. There is no guaranteed legal privacy. Famous people tend to lose their privacy and are subject to scrutiny all the time.
As a journalist, a journalist has to face the dilemma to determine to invade a person's privacy or not. This week's presentation was somewhat similar to last week's one, where there was the debate as to when to draw the line with regards to privacy issues. In my personal opinion, I would be very ethical if I am a professional journalist. In relation to privacy of an individual, it is important to make sure that if that person is deemed as innocent, it is best to respect his or her privacy as much as possible. However as the example given in class, The New Paper, aims at selling newspapers by using sensationalized pictures and stories, then I think there is a purpose for the journalist working for this particular paper, to give their editors what they want to fulfill the "mission" of the newspaper.
References
1.http://asianfanatics.net/forum/topic/613905-bosco-wong-got-a-shock-after-receiving-a-photo-of-a-half-naked-male-fan/ (Accessed 4th July 2011)
As a journalist, a journalist has to face the dilemma to determine to invade a person's privacy or not. This week's presentation was somewhat similar to last week's one, where there was the debate as to when to draw the line with regards to privacy issues. In my personal opinion, I would be very ethical if I am a professional journalist. In relation to privacy of an individual, it is important to make sure that if that person is deemed as innocent, it is best to respect his or her privacy as much as possible. However as the example given in class, The New Paper, aims at selling newspapers by using sensationalized pictures and stories, then I think there is a purpose for the journalist working for this particular paper, to give their editors what they want to fulfill the "mission" of the newspaper.
References
1.http://asianfanatics.net/forum/topic/613905-bosco-wong-got-a-shock-after-receiving-a-photo-of-a-half-naked-male-fan/ (Accessed 4th July 2011)
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