Reporter Guidelines: "* We’re not someone’s goddamn transcription service."

[kpete]

Voice of San Diego, an online non-profit news source, has an interesting set of reporter guidelines, included in a post by Jay Rosen. Here are a few:



* We’re not someone’s goddamn transcription service.

Focus on big problems <...>

It’s easy as a journalist to take a stand against a six-figure salary. It’s easy to take a stand against an expensive meal on an expense report.

Why do we take stands on those things and why are we afraid to take stands on bigger issues?
Don’t tell me stories about “critics” or “some”

I don’t have a clue who “critics” or “some” are. But they managed to be the most quoted people on the planet.

I need to know who they are for that viewpoint to carry any validity.

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WAY MORE (I am astonished!):
http://pressthink.org/2011/09/if-he-said-she-said-journalism-is-irretrievably-lame-whats-better/#aftermatter

[Richardo]

1. If only they could legislate that...

Big rec and :kick:

[gratuitous]

2. This would be news indeed across America

But high-salaried "reporters" wouldn't know what to make of such statements.

[Richardo]

3. .

:kick: