Posts by Sacha
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They're hoping that the rest of it -- such harder to pin down qualities as news judgement -- are either something you're born with or something that seeps in by being exposed to it in a newsroom.
I agree with Russell that there are increasing limitations to learning on the job:
Given the movement to outsource subbing by the big print publishers, that would be a problem.
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Surely it is no surprise that a Finance Minister is more cautious than their PM? I realise there are historical reasons to look for a rift in this particular relationship, and I guess whether that is a real problem is a matter of degree.
Even Clark and Cullen would have been cut some slack in the current global climate - by the public that is. Media, not so much..
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I know they're not using "theory" the same way as Phelan does but did you notice the contrast between Ruth Thomas and the quoted Trotter piece about the current emphasis in journo training.
Trotter says:
The “professionalisation” of journalism, with its university degree courses and formal examinations, has come at the expense of what was formerly a “learn as you do” training regime run by the media itself. It may have been rough and ready, but this “on the job” education with its practical rather than theoretical emphasis, produced highly experienced journalists with a shrewd understanding of what motivated the prime news drivers in their communities. The state’s takeover of journalism training, while relieving the news media of its in-house training costs, has tended to favour theory over practice.
Thomas says:
The research found that journalism education in New Zealand, controlled by the New Zealand Journalists Training Organisation still resembles that of 20 years ago despite increasing numbers of students learning as part of degree programmes. Students are trained for the media through a method described as “learning by doing”.
...What I realised was that journalism educators see themselves as journalists
and they were teaching the students in the same way as they had learnt themselves.
Journalists know intrinsically what makes a good story. There’s a tendency to assume an understanding of newsworthiness just happens. They do not believe in discussing formal codes of newsworthiness that can be identified as news values.I note that one of the two actually reasearched what was currently going on before writing.
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I like BDO at te Domain. If they fairly schedule and locate music other than rock.
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Hooten on RNZ not a big fan of Hide's capped rates idea. No link yet.
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Ahem. That's reported violence. I know it's not "proof" and I'm not looking to get into a city-slagging match but some of the comments under that story are interesting.
The stats can certainly be misleading if the widespread perception of risk is enough to keep people away from experiencing reportable violent acts.
Christchurch felt threatening when I lived there and any time I've visited since. I can imagine that might have been enough to keep me inside especially if I were older or other than pale-skinned. And I'm sure there are parts of Auckland, Wellington and other places where I'd feel the same. Just not necessarily right in the middle of town, and not quite so consistently.
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And Agenda may be back on our screens after all.
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It's just TABOR in a portfolio he controls, surely? I guess C&R in Auckland City have already proved you can get away politically with underinvesting and holding rates down.
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Rodney further "humoured" by being put in charge of de-fanging the Commerce Commission.
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I agree the Thomas presentation is simpler and I like the way she explains the core issue:
I believe that students still require training in the skills of journalism but this must be coupled with a broad social knowledge and an understanding of how journalism contributes to the production and circulation of meaning in society.
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