Journalistic Reporter

A Journalistic Reporter is a professional reporter who gathers, verifies, and presents news information (to inform public audiences through media outlets) and performs journalism tasks.

• AKA: News Reporter, Journalist, Press Reporter, Media Reporter.
• Context:
  • It can typically gather News Information through source interviews and event coverage.
  • It can typically verify News Facts through fact checking and source confirmation.
  • It can typically write News Storys through journalistic writing and story structure.
  • It can typically maintain Source Networks through relationship building and professional contacts.
  • It can typically follow Journalistic Ethics through accuracy standards and fairness principles.
  • It can typically utilize Journalism Systems through intelligent journalism systems and reporting tools.
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  • It can often create News Items through news article and media content production.
  • It can often utilize Digital Tools through online research and content management.
  • It can often develop News Leads through source tips and public documents.
  • It can often meet Publication Deadlines through time management and story prioritization.
  • It can often collaborate with Editorial Teams through story development and content revision.
  • It can often specialize in News Beats through topic expertise and domain knowledge.
  • It can often work for News Publishers through media employment.
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  • It can range from being a General Assignment Reporter to being a Specialized Reporter, depending on its coverage focus.
  • It can range from being a Local Reporter to being an International Correspondent, depending on its geographic scope.
  • It can range from being a Junior Reporter to being a Senior Reporter, depending on its experience level.
  • It can range from being a Professional Journalist to being an Unaccredited Journalist, depending on its credential status.
  • It can range from being a Written Media Journalist to being a Video Media Journalist, depending on its media format.
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• Examples:
  • Historical Reporters, such as:
    • Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) for early journalism.
    • Benjamin Franklin for colonial press.
    • John Peter Zenger for press freedom.
    • Ida B. Wells (1862-1931) for civil rights journalism.
    • Fritz Gerlich for resistance journalism.
    • Albert Camus (1913-1960) for philosophical journalism.
    • Gloria Steinem for feminist journalism.
  • Reporter Types, such as:
    • Domain-Specific Journalists, such as:
      • Political Journalists for political coverage.
      • Financial Journalists for financial news.
      • Sports Journalists for sports coverage.
      • Weather Journalists for weather reporting.
    • Media Platform Reporters, such as:
      • Print Reporters for newspaper coverage.
      • Broadcast Reporters for television news.
  • Investigative Reporter.
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• Counter-Examples:
  • Newscaster, which lacks news gathering and investigative work.
  • Media Critic, which lacks direct reporting and news production.
  • Influencer, which lacks journalistic standards and professional ethics.
  • Opinion Writer, which lacks objective reporting and fact-based coverage.
  • Television Talk Show Host, ...
  • Scientist, which lacks news focus and public communication.
• See: Journalism, News, Information, Media Organization, Editorial Process, News Story, Press Credential, Media Law, Journalism Ethics, News Source.

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References

2023

• (Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journalist Retrieved:2023-2-1.
  • A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism.

2016

• Thomas Frank. (2016). “The media’s extermination of Bernie Sanders, and real reform." Harpers Magazine.
  • QUOTE: Who are these people …

    … The professionalization of journalism is a well-known historical narrative. James Fallows, in Breaking the News (1996), describes how journalism went from being “a high working-class activity” to an occupation for “college boys” in the mid-1960s. The Washington Post’s role in this story, as a compulsive employer of Ivy League graduates, is also well known. Indeed, the concentration of obnoxious Ivy Leaguers at the Post was once so great, Fallows writes, that editor Leonard Downie (who went to Ohio State) was known among his colleagues as “Land-Grant Len.” At present, five of the eight members of the Post’s editorial board are graduates of Ivy League universities. …
    … Choosing Clinton over Sanders was, I think, a no-brainer for this group. They understand modern economics, they know not to fear Wall Street or free trade. And they addressed themselves to the Sanders campaign by doing what professionals always do: defining the boundaries of legitimacy, by which I mean, defining Sanders out.

2015

• (Wikipedia, 2015) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/journalist Retrieved:2015-7-8.
  • A journalist is a person who collects, writes, or distributes news or other current information. ...

2015

• Bertrand Mayer. http://cacm.acm.org/blogs/blog-cacm/189168-the-robots-are-taking-over-perhaps-not-quite-yet/fulltext
  • QUOTE: The journalist's tendency to exaggerate is not limited to tabloids. Highbrow publications such as the New York Review generally have higher standards; but there is something about writing on science and technology that leads authors and editors to throw away all caution.

1997

• (Fallows, 1997) ⇒ James Fallows. (1997). “Breaking The News: How the media undermine American democracy."

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