Day: April 24, 2008

The News Media

There is poverty in numbers. Written by Student #4

Arnolfo di Cambio.  Thirsting Woman. Circa 1281. Marble, 36 cm. Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria, Perugia. Downloaded with express permission from the Web Gallery of Art at http://www.wga.hu from site admin Emil Kren, Ph.D.. Many thanks.

 

Our Survey Says… Written by Student no. 4,  second post: Good reporting. Unedited by blog admin

     

      Quote “On January 22, The Philippine Star published an article entitled, “Self-rated poverty down in 4th quarter” written by Helen Flores. News articles that include survey (sic) could be misleading, as they include certain jargons (sic) not easily understandable by the readers, or the surveys aren’t explained thoroughly as to where it was conducted and in what manner was the survey done.

   

     Quote “However, in this report, the figures were presented in a very clear manner, explaining in detail what the numbers meant. The article also included the manner in which the survey was made and how the report is (sic)  as accurate as it could get. According to the Philippine Press Institute’s Code of Professional and Ethical Conduct, “in the use of scientific polls, the sample size and the margin of error should be disclosed”. And this was done so by the writer, towards the end of the article to give the readers a background.

      

     quote “This article exemplified good reporting. 2008/01/27 at 3:56 PM” closed-quote.

 

The News Media

Air and hair. Written by Student # 15

Photo by the U.P Diliman Information Office at http://www.upd.edu.ph/~updinfo/pasko07/sandaang/Albums/Album3/ait.htm

Inaccurate reporting. Written by Student #15. Unedited by blog admin.  Second blog post.

 

        Quote “In the December 19, 2007 coverage of Saksi (GMA 7) of the UP Lantern Parade, reporter Rhea Santos said that the hosts of the said celebration was about to announce the winners of the lantern competition but was preempted when student activists tried to go up on stage. “Iaanunsyo na sana ang mga panalo, pero ang mga militanteng estudyante, umeksena,” she reported. Being there in the said “incident” I know for a fact that before it happened, the emcee had already closed the program, without any announcement of the winners.

     Quote “The “incident” actually occurred because members of the Special Services Brigade hit the students with their wooden sticks, and tried to arrest a UP CMC Student Council member. This was not mentioned in the report. It was only when UP administration officials had left when (sic)  the students tried to go up on stage to accompany Student Regent Terry Ridon, who was about to announce the passing of the Pangilinan Bill (UP Charter) that day. Santos even failed to show the context why such incident happened: that these students protested against the passing of the Pangilinan Bill. 2008/01/26 at 7:07 PM.  2008/01/26” closed-quote.