A steady diet of violent crime, fatal accidents and human tragedy
takes a toll on reporters. Some think newspapers and TV stations should
do more to help their staffers cope.
After our police beat discussion in class today, read the following story from The American Journalism Review and post your brief reactions here by Thursday, 10 Nov.
As I read this story, it really opened my eyes to the obstacles that reporters have to go through to relay the story to the audience. Not only do they have to get the details but use those details to paint the image for the audience to completely grasp what occurred and be able to relate to it. In seeing the amount of stress they go through in order to complete the task of a good story is a lot to handle. Overall, I took a lot out of this article about the realities of what reporters go through in covering crime stories.
ReplyDeleteThis article was very interesting to me, as Alexa said, it opened my eyes the the seriousness this brings. Reporters on the police beat must see horrible things almost each day. Receiving news on a burglary must be like Christmas for these reporters who have seen the worst, from multiple murders to disasters. I don't believe I could handle what these reporters did on a daily basis. If I worked just like these reporters, I would be just like Rankin checking my closets each night afraid of the world. This article really helped me out and I now know police beat is not going to be for me.
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