Inverted Pyramid Structure

                An Inverted Pyramid is a method of Journalism in which the writer tells the most important part of the story first then, tells other important details, and finally tells the least important part of the story. Inverted means upside down and the triangle is representing the pyramid. An Inverted Pyramid is important in Journalism because the reader could stop reading at any time.

               

                If two teams played in a volleyball game you would want include who won, what teams played, and what the score was all in the first part or paragraph of the article. In the second paragraph you would include quotes, information that help understand, and other important facts. In the last paragraph you include general info or info that is nice to have.

               

                Knowing to write in an Inverted Pyramid form is good to know in this class because if we tell the most important part first then the reader can get drawn in or know the information they were reading the article for. I will use Inverted Pyramid Structure to tell the reader what they wanted to know and make my stories interesting.

http://journalism20.nuvvo.com/lesson/7594-inverted-pyramid-style-of-writing-news

http://www.courses.vcu.edu/ENG-jeh/BeginningReporting/Writing/storystructure.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_pyramid
Kovach, Bill, and Tom Rosenstiel. The Elements of Journalism: What Newspeople Should Know and the Public Should Expect. New York: Three Rivers, 2007. Print

Bias in Journalism

               To be Bias is to be opinionated and choose sides. Being bias in Journalism is not good Journalistic Integrity. If you are Bias in Journalism then people might not want to read your article because they might not have the same opinion as you. To be unbias in Journalism is a good idea becuase if you just state the facts more people will be able to relate to the article.

               If you write an article about a recent 49ers against Raiders game and say Alex Smith scored a winning touchdown, that is fine but if you say, the 49ers won while the Raiders were sucking the whole time then that is being bias and maybe even untruthful. To avoid being Bias don't stereotype by race, age, gender, social status, or physical appearrance.

              

                Bias is important to this class because if we want to write articles we should know that there are rules and that we should always be honest. I will try to be unbias in whatever I write by telling the full story with only facts and no opinions. I will support both sides of the story. I will not be bias in Journalism.  

  





http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/735/03/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_bias
Reque, John. Introduction to Journalism. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell, 2001. Print

Journalistic Integrity

              Journalistic Integrity is to always be honest and do the right thing. Great virtue, is a part of Integrity. To have Journalistic Integrity you have to always be unbiased, truthful, you can't stretch the story or add on parts to make it sound better, and you can't leave the story unfinished meaning you have to tell the entire story and both sides.

             

              Journalistic Integrity is important because if you just write an article and it is not truthful people might think it is real and not know the truth. Being a good person is a good part of Integrity. If you put out an article or review and it is totally opinionated then people might think that the movie or book is different then what it is really like. Most importantly Journalistic Integrity is having honesty.

             

              I will apply this information by always trying my best to get the correct details. I will try to tell the truth so people can make their own opinions. Hopefully when I write, all my facts will be right and my story can help people understand whatever they are reading. I will try to have good Journalistic Integrity.   

Reque, John. Introduction to Journalism. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell, 2001. Print.
Reque, John. Introduction to Journalism. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell, 2001. Print.