Sunday, April 20, 2008

QUESTIONS TO ASK A JOURNALIST

What is the importance of a free press?
-Do you believe that journalists are responsible chiefly to the public, the government or their own personal interests when investigating and writing? Why?
-What do you think is the most important job of journalists and the press in general?
-Do you think that there is any information that is “too dangerous” to print? Why or why not?
-What risks do the journalists take in revealing a story? Are those risks worth it? Why or why not?
-Today the news media is undergoing drastic change because of the opportunities for independent journalism on blogs, because of the ability to constantly update stories online, and because many people prefer to read news online rather than in traditional newspaper format. What do you think about these phenomena? Will they change journalism for the better or the worse? Why?