Schecter offers a nice overview and analysis of the ongoing collision between independent journalists–who take advantage of digital video, the web and other new technologies–and the mainstream establishment, including gov’t, mainstream media, and other institutions of power. A choice observation on the journalistic world: “Most mainstream journalists don’t acknowledge how their own ideologies (or the pressures of their employers) guide their work. Yet they are considered “real journalists” because of their insider status and where they stand in the pecking order of some media combine.”
Mediachannel’s Danny Schechter asks: When Is A Journalist A Journalist?
Schecter offers a nice overview and analysis of the ongoing collision between independent journalists–who take advantage of digital video, the web and other new technologies–and the mainstream establishment, including gov’t, mainstream media, and other institutions of power. A choice observation on the journalistic world: “Most mainstream journalists don’t acknowledge how their own ideologies (or the pressures of their employers) guide their work. Yet they are considered “real journalists” because of their insider status and where they stand in the pecking order of some media combine.”
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