What is virtuous journalism? Who working today is, to your mind, a virtuous journalist? If a journalist isn't "virtuous," as Kirkhorn defines the term, what is he or she?
Your response is due Wed., Nov 28, by 4 p.m.
Monday, November 26, 2012
Monday, November 19, 2012
W. Eugene Smith Photos
https://www.google.com/search?q=eugene+smith+photos&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=OAC&tbo=u&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ei=1XGqUIiJLKjB0AHbsICICw&ved=0CC8QsAQ&biw=1280&bih=853
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
"Ruth Herrick's Assignment"
What is the moral of "Ruth Herrick's Assignment"? In deciding this, consider how the woman journalist is portrayed. What are her defining characteristics? Are they the same as a male journalist's? Is it surprising that a woman journalist portrayed her fictional alter ego this way? How do you explain that? Does MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD offer any clues?
Your response is due on Sunday, Nov. 18, by 4 p.m.
Your response is due on Sunday, Nov. 18, by 4 p.m.
Sunday, November 11, 2012
History Is. . .
Relevant? Irrelevant? Using Mightier Than a Sword (chaps. 6-10) as a reference, please argue for which every position you believe most. Your response is due by 3 p.m., Wed., Nov. 14.
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Good Night, and Good Luck
This film recounts the Cold War-era confrontation between CBS newsman
Edward R. Murrow and anti-Communist witch-hunter Sen. Joseph McCarthy on
a series of historic TV broadcasts. Do the events the film portrays
reflect the recurring traits of the news media identified by Rodger
Streitmatter in his book, Mightier Than the Sword?
(Refer to the last chapter for a summary list of the traits.) Are
there analogous events in the history of American journalism, including
recent history? Do you believe such events are typical or exceptional
for the press (that is, which traits seem to dominate -- courage or
cowardice, public service or self-interest)? Explain why.
Your response should take the form of a three-page essay sent to me as a Word or rtf attachment before class on the Monday we return from Thanksgiving.
Your response should take the form of a three-page essay sent to me as a Word or rtf attachment before class on the Monday we return from Thanksgiving.
Monday, November 5, 2012
A_Worker_Reads_History-by-Bertolt_Brecht
http://allpoetry.com/poem/8503711-A_Worker_Reads_History-by-Bertolt_Brecht
Mightier Than the Sword (Chaps. 1-5)
What, in reading about the history of American journalism, surprised you the most? A particular incident? A particular personage? A particular development or trend? Briefly explain why (but in more than one hurried sentence). Please post your response by 4 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 11.
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