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Blog Assignment #1 - The Death of Newspapers

Yes they are slowly dying out.

The internet, people are finding it easier to use and access news.

No we should not, it is better environmentally if we stop making newspapers.

Advantages to the internet are you can get more answers rather than the paper for the news. Disadvantages can be that the internet allows a lot of lies for news.

In some ways yes I will, like after football games and reading an article about your team, but I am one who doesn’t enjoy reading often.

A lot of people will miss newspapers because people like to read there news rather then hear.

Blog Assignment #2 - Thinking about Journalistic Ethics

Journalists need to have boundaries as well, they need to know what to ask and what not to ask.

I think respect, don’t change the comments of the interviewed for your liking.

Yes and no, I think they should tell what is necessary to the subject not humiliate or anger anyone.

They should tell everything relating them, we all have rights to know those types of things.

Yes there is, every human being has personal business that is theirs only.

I think a professional business relationship should come between the reporter and interviewee.

Blog Assignment #3 - Ethics of Freedom of the Press

To be able to state their own opinion and to ask questions, and why because we have human rights that allow us to do so.

No it should not be unlimited, they should not be allowed to ask about personal business of any individual unless told otherwise.

Being respectful, even though you can say something doesn’t mean you should.

Graham James, a hockey coach for the Swift Current Broncos definitely violates journalistic freedoms by pushing and yelling at reporters for only asking a question to find answers for everyone else.

In Canada it would be very large because we are a country and need to know what is happening with it. Your community is in the same boat as is your country, you have the right to know what is going on. A school is a toss up, some business should stay between the school only, but things as rewards, sports, etc. you can release to the community and several other communities.

Blog Assignment #4- Freedom of Speech in Journalism

Summary:

More college athletic departments are developing or publicizing online social networking policies for student athletes. In 27 schools in six major conferences, including the University of Iowa USA TODAY has researched social networking polices for them. Not all schools have a social policy, but they allow the coaches to monitor their discretion. The policies represent a growing awareness social networking sites. As social networks are being opened to the public, privacy issues could be raised if private sites are being monitored by administrators without permission.

Paragraph 1:

I don’t feel that this relates to me much right now in my life, only because I am in high school and most kids live off facebook and all those other profile sites. It is very understandable if I were applying for a job and my fellow employees witnessed pictures of me intoxicated making a fool of myself. Bad pictures can send off a red flag and some companies and businesses want to look professional as can be, allowing inappropriate pictures to flow in their staff won’t work.

Paragraph 2:

I agree with this fully, posting inappropriate or humiliating pictures on a profile site is not okay. Your profile is allowed to be accessed easily and if your boss or coach were to run across a certain picture of you, that can be career ending just over a picture.