Films for the Humanities and Sciences

Print News

Although advances in telecommunications and computer technology have changed the way news is covered and written, the role of the journalist—to gather the facts and report the news in a way that will engage a mass audience—has remained the same. In this program, staff members of The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Miami Herald, the Rocky Mountain News, and The Denver Post talk about how they decide what to include in each day’s newspaper, the trend towards greater objectivity, the need to avoid undue influence, the Woodward and Bernstein watershed in investigative journalism, and the role of news services like the Associated Press, Reuters, and Bloomberg. The program is a source of valuable information on what it is like to work in present-day newspaper journalism. (28 minutes)

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Item#: BVL8562
Copyright date: ©1997
VHS ISBN 978-1-4213-9873-0
DVD ISBN 978-0-7365-6060-3

Part of the Series : Film, TV, and Media Today


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