Assignment weight: 10%
Length: 2 pages double spaced
Method: individual
Description:
This assignment asks you to produce a report evaluating two distinct media placements.
Specifications:
Considering your knowledge of Canadian Business Media, provide a report on the media placement of two distinct articles. In your discussion demonstrate your knowledge of issues directly related to journalistic practice from ideals of journalism to practical considerations. Provide appropriate format (this is a professional document), support for arguments, and well-edited, proof-read prose.
Part A
First consider the short article “Daughter’s Facebook Brag Costs Her Family $80,000” and evaluate it as a news story.
This story was printed, so it must have passed the review of an editor who determined it had newsworthy status. Would you defend or challenge this decision? Why was this story published? What is its value? Does this story uphold the social mission of journalism? Does it meet the conditions needed for publication to a wide audience (does it pass the “SIN” test?).
Part B
Next consider the document entitled “School Ties” that accompanies this assignment. The short article “School Ties” appears within this newspaper page (bottom right corner).
Evaluate this article in terms of journalist ideals and practice. Why was this published? What value
does it serve and to whom? Is it effective or not? Who benefits from the publication of this article? What are the advantages and what are the possible disadvantages?
Submitting:
Submit your report electronically as a Word document. Upload it here. Please put your last name in the actual title of the file you submit (i.e. “Smith_report”).
MAR01_partB_school ties page.pdf MAR01_partB_school ties page.pdf – Alternative Formats
MA01_partA_facebook brag.doc MA01_partA_facebook brag.doc – Alternative Formats
