Coverage

Go to the link and answer these questions: Does the JagRag cover all 9 of these? If not, do we need to be more diligent about covering them? What are your thoughts about these 9 areas? Do you agree they should be covered by student journalists?

http://www.hsj.org/Students/index.cfm?requestAction=goMenuContent&menu_id=7&CmsPagesID=255&submenu_id=22

9 Elements of Journalism

There are nine elements of journalism, according to veteran journalists Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel:

Journalism’s first obligation is to the truth.
Its first loyalty is to citizens
Its essence is a discipline of verification.
Its practitioners must maintain an independence from those they cover.
It must serve as an independent monitor of power.
It must provide a forum for public criticism and compromise.
It must strive to make the significant interesting and relevant.
It must keep the news comprehensive and proportional.
Its practitioners must be allowed to exercise their personal conscience.

Find out more about "The Elements of Journalism: What Newspeople Should Know and the Public Should Expect" and read the book’s introduction here: http://www.journalism.org/node/71


Question:
As student journalists, do we (you) do this? Why/why not?

Hello

Welcome to the very first Jag Rag blog!
Here we can share ideas, discuss issues pertaining to journalism, FV, and anything else!
Often times I will post a question for everyone to read and discuss. I'll also post some web pages, articles, etc. that apply to YOU~a student journalist.