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Establishing an international internship scheme for journalism students
No full textThis paper explores an Australian attempt at initiating, developing and running an innovative international study and work placement program for journalism students. The Journalism Professional PracliculIJ (JPP) - run by the non-profit ACIClS educational consortium - sent 13 students from five Australian universities 10 Indonesia for a six-week pilot sludyinternship program in 2002. This trip provided the participants with opportunities 10 learn rudimentary-level Indollesianlanguage, to develop their journalistic skills in an international context and to explore howjournalists work in a different cultural framework. The program had certain problems and limitations, but it drew praise from all stakeholders, including the student interns, the Indonesian host media\ud
organisations and Australian Embassy staff. This paper discusses the practical and pedagogical issues involved in establishing and operating such a program. The paper also\ud
explores the viability of such expensive and labour-intensive international programs, especially in the light of attempts to continue the program in the wake of terrorist attacks ib Indonesia and the war against Iraq
Inculcating public journalism philosophies into newsroom culture
No full textThis paper poses the question of whether experiments in public journalism succeed in engaging reporters in "public conversation", so that the reporters are educated about community concerns and they draw from pools of knowledge within society when writing stories. This question is explored in a case study of the 1998 and 1999 activities of Queensland's Public Journalism (PJ) Project
Indigenous Australians, vulnerability and the news media
No full textThis short article explores the ways in which the news media's reporting about Indigenous Australians can be improved. The article looks at how journalists predominantly portray Indigenous people in vulnerable circumstances. Journalists also often misrepresent Indigenous Australians in ways that can potentially harm individuals and communities. In forums about the media, it is common to hear Indigenous people say that they ignore non-Indigenous news services due to such problems, and they rely on community media instead. Even so, the non-Indigenous media has a huge impact on public understanding and government policies, which directly influence the living conditions of Indigenous people. Thus it remains important to consider how the performance of non-Indigenous media can be improved, and the article discusses the steps that are needed if this is to happen
Politics and the Press in Indonesia : Understanding an Evolving Political Culture
No full textThis book explores the evolving political culture in Indonesia, by discussing the country's dominant political philosophies, then showing how those philosophies affect the working lives of ordinary Indonesian citizens. It focuses in particular on the working lives of news journalists, a group that occupies a strategic social and political position
Public journalism and the 'frugal correspondent' in multicultural societies\ud
No full textModern newsrooms are organised in ways to ensure that journalists act in ways that are cost-efficient and time-effective, but this has some negative ramifications for how the news media represents multicultural societies. This journal article presents arguments that an unintended consequence of newsroom routines is that there tends to be an under-representation of people, issues and voices from minority communities. The article describes three major public journalism-styled projects that had mixed success in their aims to represent affecting minority, marginalised and disadvantaged communities. It identifies the reporting strategies that were used in the projects and the benefits/limitations of each of the approaches. It concludes, however, that most of the techniques used were unsustainable for most newsrooms. The paper draws from a range of sources to propose simple techniques that might assist student and early-career journalists to help them engage in cost- and time-effective reporting of diverse societies
New horizons, new homes
No full textWorking with 12 journalism students plus a research assistant, producer/director Romano conducted five community focus groups and discussions with 80 people on the street. These provided the themes and concepts and the creative approaches for each program. Each was structured around one of the emergent themes; all programs offered different voices rather than coming to a single conclusion. New Horizons, New Homes aired over three weeks n Radio 4EB and was entered into the 2005 UN Media Peace Award where it won the Best Radio Category ahead of ABC and SBS. The UN commended the way in which the programs brought together a wide base of research to create a better understanding in the community on this issue. This project did not just improve the accuracy and social inclusiveness of reporting. It applied principles of deliberative democracy in the creation of journalism that enhances citizens’ deliberative potential on complex social issue
American public journalism versus other international media models
No full textChapter 2 of 'International Journalism and Democracy' provides examples of what the author dubs "deliberative journalism". Following a definition of deliberative journalism in Chapter 1, the book's second chapter examines major models of deliberative journalism that are in operation around the world. These models include public journalism, citizen journalism, community and alternative media, development journalism and peace journalism. \ud
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The author argues that when these new forms of journalism are practiced well, they extend people's ability to identify, express, understand and respond to politics and issues affecting their communities. However, the main models of deliberative journalism all have contentious elements. Many deliberative journalism practioners have been subjected to criticism for lack of objectivity and poor professional standards. Many of their activities have clearly been ill-conceived. The author also finds that neither professional nor citizen journalists have a strong understanding of what constitutes "good practice" in deliberative journalism. Furthermore, there is much debate as to whether the type of "citizen journalism" that is posted intermittently on Facebook, Twitter, blogs and other social media can even be defined as "journalism". The practice of deliberative journalism can potentially contribute to public deliberation, but it does not always do so in any immediate or obvious way. The author finds that even so, deliberative journalism indirectly strengthens the environments that support fertile deliberation and decision making. (See the Extended Abstract for further details.
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