Category: The News Media

The News Media

Free & not free: Promo as news. Written by Student No. 4

                                                                               

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Praise as news. Written by Student no. 4, first post: Single-sourced. Unedited by blog admin

     Quote “On January 14, The Philippine Star published an article entitled, “Free Wi-Fi access in the Metro” by Eden Estopace. The article gave a comprehensive coverage on free wi-fi internet access, however, it was single-sourced. The reporter only included direct quotations and paraphrased statements from Liza delos Reyes, WiGO’s chief operating office, the company that is providing the free internet access.

      Quote “Though the report explained thoroughly about how the free wi-fi access would be beneficial to Flilipinos, the Philippine Journalist’s Code of Ethics says that, “It is the duty of the writer to report the other side and to scrupulously report and interpret the news, taking care not to suppress essential facts nor to distort the truth by omission or improper emphasis.” In this report, the writer only had one source for the news, and worse, the bias of the story is with the source. The article served as a press release for the company that offers this free wi-fi service.” Closed-quote.

 

The News Media

There is poverty in numbers. Written by Student #4

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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.