Legal terminology stuff for crime and court articles nearly put me to sleep.
I'm trying to read this super-intellectual book on perspectives on the "new" journalism, and it merely proceeds to make me feel like an idiot because I always end up reading it at 3 in the morning. I already have a decent feel for the basics as I've been (theoretically) reporting for the last six years, and we haven't really gotten to the interesting bits about media ethics and whatnot since everyone has the same views. Everyone in my class claims that she would go to jail for not revealing their anonymous sources so that they could become really famous and get a job at the New York Times. Pathetic, huh? You could practically see all of the angels' halos coming out. Besides my terrific instructor (and I'm not being sarcastic), I seriously believe that I'm the only one in the room who's had to face the consequences of not giving up her sources.
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Date: 2005-07-06 07:01 am (UTC)I'm trying to read this super-intellectual book on perspectives on the "new" journalism, and it merely proceeds to make me feel like an idiot because I always end up reading it at 3 in the morning. I already have a decent feel for the basics as I've been (theoretically) reporting for the last six years, and we haven't really gotten to the interesting bits about media ethics and whatnot since everyone has the same views. Everyone in my class claims that she would go to jail for not revealing their anonymous sources so that they could become really famous and get a job at the New York Times. Pathetic, huh? You could practically see all of the angels' halos coming out. Besides my terrific instructor (and I'm not being sarcastic), I seriously believe that I'm the only one in the room who's had to face the consequences of not giving up her sources.