Journal 2

Chapter 3:

One interesting element I found was that Fader made sure to mention how students now should start their own substack meaning they need to use their own platform to try and pitch stories. For example reaching out to a news outlet and letting them know you will be at the game and would be willing to cover the game for them. This tactic does take a lot of extra work for yourself but it gets your name out there if the story is worth it. Another interesting thing I have learned in this chapter is the effect of AI. Fader thinks this could dramatically affect all levels of sports because of the impact it has on people’s lives. One thing she mentioned was about the Hollywood strike and someone’s sign saying “Your robot doesn’t have my trauma.” I think this resonates really well because it’s true a robot cannot make things sound human and heartfelt no matter what they do.

Chapter 4:

One thing I found interesting is the term Mojo’s referred to as mobile journalists. I think this is a really interesting term because a lot of journalists now, especially sports journalists, are always on the go. I think this is a relevant term because things in sports are always changing. For example in the pro’s there are always trades or even at the college level there are always big name players entering the transfer portal. Another thing I learned was the preparation for a story. Learning this was important to me because I feel like I miss parts of information sometimes so learning to prepare for things was big for me because I do not want to write out an article and have any wrong information. Especially in sports journalism even getting someone’s name spelled wrong could always be bad for you.

Question:

What impact could AI have on the future of Journalism?

Journal 4:

Chapter 6:

In chapter 6 one of the things I found interesting was the seven news values. I found this interesting because they help reporters determine if the story is actually newsworthy. Without these values I think reporters would struggle because they might not have the story set up correctly to make it a big story. I found this interesting because I have struggled in the past with being able to capture stories that are actually newsworthy. I think reading this was beneficial to me because I was able to learn a more structured way on how to determine if it is newsworthy or not. Another thing I learned was when it talked about capturing the attention of the audience. I think this is interesting because it talks about quotes and how to use them properly. I found this interesting because in previous pieces I have written I had solid quotes but they just made no sense with where I put them. I think this will help me with being able to determine which quotes need to be in to grab a reader’s attention and which quotes should be left out so you do not lose the reader’s interests. I think these were both very interesting aspects because they will help me become a better writer for my future work. Learning the seven news values will help me determine what is and what is not newsworthy. And on top of that being able to capture the audience’s attention will help me actually have an interesting story to write.

One question I have is how do reporters take a non newsworthy story and find that actual story that people want to hear to create a newsworthy story?