Keturrah Ellis

Being biased sure doesn’t pay off

Ethics really does play a big role in one’s everyday communications and overall viewpoints in life.

When journaling or reporting on topics and issues, one’s unique writing skills will be influenced by one’s ethics as well. This is why being non-biased really does play a major part in getting the correct information because facts are a must.(free art from Google library)

Being non-biased while reporting allows the writer to focus more on facts than feelings; now don’t get me wrong, I personally believe all stories should have a sense of feeling, but it can also hinder a writers viewpoint. I, myself as a writer, have fallen victim to writing under emotions toward a story which needed more attention on the facts than the overall issue at hand. When reporting, one can easily hinder their own story by not paying attention to being a non-bias and letting their own feeling affect the fact.

I watched a video on how “Jouranalists Minimize their own Bias,” and i found it to be very helpful because it touched on fact checking, credibility and the importance of not being bias when writing.

The FOIA grants the people public access

The Freedom Of Information Act, (FOIA) was established in 1967, which helped to ensure public access of federal, state or local governments records that are needed for use. All requested information collected on each agency by the individual interested must then be submitted to the FOIA once received, this way there’s a public database full of records and information for all to access.

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Without the FOIA being established, it would make it very difficult to gather needed information and documentation on specific important issues from governmental agencies like the FDA, DEA, and other agencies like the ACLU, which is an agency that focuses on protecting individual rights like helping to protect young girls and women by reporting sexual assault and harassment in specific locations under the law.(free Google picture art)

Federal agencies must disclose all information requested under the FOIA, and I find this to be very interesting to know along with the fact that there’s only nine known exemptions given which protects more than one hundred company privacy laws.

Podcasting has evolved!

Podcasting really had evolved and it’s leaving evidence and audience everywhere as it grows.

I found it to be interesting to blog about because social media has and is rapidly growing in new innovative ways like podcasting.

For instance, PBS NewsHour, posts daily and is listed as one of the most significant nightly news programs in America.

Podcasting also has it to whereas the BBC news audience can tune in on its iTunes app twice daily; more and more people are now getting easier accessibility to stay in touch with what’s going on because of these types of podcasting apps.

Podcasting allows one to give creative voice and visuals which helps with growing their viewers attention by sharing information with others in newer styles because of the changing time we are now living in.

I found doing research on podcasting to be overall interesting because it’s something anyone can do to display information, art or many other interesting ideas and skills with the world or groups of interest.

Pastor and 3 others slain in Detroit shooting rampage reported on CBS News

Although I don’t like reporting on negative topics, this CBS news lede says it all. For instance, one can clearly see what has taking place in the lede, the reader also can immediately see the location to whereas the incident took place.(Free Google picture art)

Furthermore, the reader can see in the lede above, who and how just enough whereas it will draw in a intretested reader as it did myself at the time being a I’m a resident of Detroit.

I also found that a good lede with the a big cty city name provided like Detroit, can bring in more readers and be more impactful than the actual story sometimes. A good lede however, can really be conducive to getting a readers interest enough to wanting to read more on their given topic.

Having key words in a lede also helps the reader to know if they’ll be interested in the story or not quickly and that’s very important for the publisher to know and to utilize quality ledes if they’re wanting to reach a large amount of readers at once.

Fired for not shooting a human!

I have to bring awareness to such a topic because we are living in times of amazing changes that will challenge the peoples’ moral and intergrity.

I found this story to be overwhelmingly strange while reading it via internet, (NBC NEWS). An officer from west Virgina, had been fired for not shooting a suspect who supposedly held a gun at the time of his pursuit; Stephen has now reached a settlement for one hundred seventy five thosand American dollars.

The police officer Stephen Mardar, has stated that he did nothing wrong, and that he should have not been wrongfully fired for not shooting the twenty three year old suspect which at the time he felt the situation could have been handled more sensibly. Stephen Madar also stated that he did everything he could to save the young black male who had been unjustly shot by another cop and than later pronounced dead.

I found this story to be blog worthy because justice served is the only way to live peacefully within ourselves and in our communities.