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Post by Spooky Ghost Ackbar on Feb 29, 2020 1:38:43 GMT
I'm working on a side project right now that requires me to have a really good understanding of the internal structure of a newspaper.
Most of my questions revolve around the difference between reporters and journalists (because Google search yields some very confusing contradictory answers) and the difference between the job of the main editor and the sub-section editors... Among other things.
Anyone here that can help an Ackbar out? If so PM me and I'll rattle off some of my specific questions. Thanks!
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Post by gameboy on Feb 29, 2020 2:14:12 GMT
It's all journalism. The distinction could be that the reporter might just be an actor with an attractive face and a great voice who goes in front of the camera to read what the journalist wrote.
An example would be Ted Knight on The Mary Tyler Moore Show who was a reporter but was depicted as a buffoon.
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Post by Spooky Ghost Ackbar on Feb 29, 2020 2:20:33 GMT
It's all journalism. The distinction could be that the reporter might just be an actor with an attractive face and a great voice who goes in front of the camera to read what the journalist wrote. An example would be Ted Knight on The Mary Tyler Moore Show who was a reporter but was depicted as a buffoon. Yeah, that's what I'm getting from my (Google) research. I don't know why, but I had thought that journalists were the collumnists who actually wrote the articles and the reporters were fact collectors who provided support and pitched stories to the collumnists. But I guess that was wrong and I am basically thinking of different aspects of the same job.
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Post by gameboy on Feb 29, 2020 5:45:11 GMT
It's all journalism. The distinction could be that the reporter might just be an actor with an attractive face and a great voice who goes in front of the camera to read what the journalist wrote. An example would be Ted Knight on The Mary Tyler Moore Show who was a reporter but was depicted as a buffoon. Yeah, that's what I'm getting from my (Google) research. I don't know why, but I had thought that journalists were the collumnists who actually wrote the articles and the reporters were fact collectors who provided support and pitched stories to the collumnists. But I guess that was wrong and I am basically thinking of different aspects of the same job. Okay, and there's a distinction between an actor who just reads the news and a real investigative journalist who does the footwork and uncovers the facts.
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Post by Spooky Ghost Ackbar on Feb 29, 2020 6:09:24 GMT
Yeah, that's what I'm getting from my (Google) research. I don't know why, but I had thought that journalists were the collumnists who actually wrote the articles and the reporters were fact collectors who provided support and pitched stories to the collumnists. But I guess that was wrong and I am basically thinking of different aspects of the same job. Okay, and there's a distinction between an actor who just reads the news and a real investigative journalist who does the footwork and uncovers the facts. Right, but I'm talking strictly in regards to newspaper reporters/journalists. And I guess it would depend on what the journalist covers. Some I imagine, write breaking news stuff, others do investigative stories and others still do lighter puff pieces. Still not entirely sure how the day to day work differs between these groups though. Or what sorts of lines seperate them, if any, in terms of how they operate, where they find their stories and how they are approved, edited, ECT.
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Post by _ on Feb 29, 2020 6:35:06 GMT
I'm working on a side project right now that requires me to have a really good understanding of the internal structure of a newspaper.
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