Discussion:
Imagine you are a rookie news journalist, and you just completed your first major assignment covering a political campaign, including extensive research of websites to provide the political background of your story. Your best friend e-mails you and asks how it went.
Create a 350- to 700-word e-mail to your friend in which you detail the challenges you faced regarding the following:Your responsibility as a journalist to provide fair, honest, and balanced coverageHow you struggled with whether your story was socially responsibleAssessing the credibility of the political Internet sites you visited for your research (consider Drudge Report, Daily Kos, Politico, Colbert Nation, The Hill, and so forth)Your awareness of how political news reporting might influence public opinion and American values