Journalism+Movies

Movies related to journalism in some way. Depending on the unit of study, we may watch one or more of these or exerpts from one or more of these during the course:

[|Deadline USA] [|Absence of Malice] [|Shattered Glass] [|All the President's Men] [|The Front Page] [|Good Night and Good Luck] [|Newsies]

In addition to these, we may also watch some biographical videos of famous journalists, including, but not limited to:
 * Geraldo Rivera
 * Barbara Walters
 * Edward R. Murrow
 * Helen Thomas
 * Walter Cronkite
 * David Brinkley
 * Nellie Bly

Online instructional videos
[|Behind the Typeface]: a humorous look at typography

For the following, first open Windows Media Player. Then choose File>Open URL. Then copy and paste the url for the video you want to view into the blank on WMP. Each of these videos is approximately 30 minutes in length.

Examines how journalists determine what the public needs and wants to know. Reporters and editors from diverse news organizations — including The Washington Post, The National Enquirer, and CNN — discuss editorial decision making and define news as it relates to journalism ethics and the news writing process. http://www.learner.org/vod/asx/utexas/News_Writing_01.asx
 * What is News?**

http://www.learner.org/vod/asx/utexas/News_Writing_02.asx
 * Hard News Leads
 * Shows the power and process of the summary lead in newspaper, broadcast, and PR writing. A broad spectrum of writers — for example, White House correspondent Helen Thomas and Chicago Defender editor Michael Brown — discuss and demonstrate this basic journalism tool.

Explores the specifics of print journalism style — from the AP to Rolling Stone magazine — focusing on accuracy and detail, enlivened by humor as Dave Barry and other writers confess their language sins and steer tomorrow's journalists toward production of professional and pristine prose. http://www.learner.org/vod/asx/utexas/News_Writing_03.asx
 * News Writing Language and Style**

Deals with use of the inverted pyramid as well as hourglass and circle story shapes. Top journalists — such as Bob Woodward — along with Roy Peter Clark (The Poynter Institute) discuss and demonstrate focus sentences, transitions, and nut graphs as story development techniques. http://www.learner.org/vod/asx/utexas/News_Writing_04.asx
 * Development and Organization of a Story**

Illustrates how to interview sources and work quotes into a news story. Larry King (CNN), Deborah Wilgoren (The Washington Post), and others demonstrate the interviewing process, touching on the use of paraphrase vs. direct quotes, the mechanics of attribution, the ground rules for using "off the record" comments, and other issues. http://www.learner.org/vod/asx/utexas/News_Writing_05.asx
 * Dealing with Sources**

Considers the possibilities of conflict or compatibility between these two elements. Top reporters discuss essential issues such as accuracy, objectivity, fairness, and credibility along with the elements of writing that make a news story exciting, fun, and compelling to read. http://www.learner.org/vod/asx/utexas/News_Writing_06.asx
 * Good Writing vs.Good Reporting**

Covers the wide variety of journalism career opportunities, with glimpses into the working conditions and daily experiences on crime, sports, business, government, and environmental beats as well as for general assignment and wire service reporters. http://www.learner.org/vod/asx/utexas/News_Writing_07.asx
 * Beat Reporting**

Compares the similarities and differences of broadcast and print journalism, with insightful comments from a host of radio and TV journalists — among them Sam Donaldson (ABC), Charles Kuralt (CBS), and Kurt Loder (MTV) — and follows a young reporter as he assembles a daily news package. http://www.learner.org/vod/asx/utexas/News_Writing_08.asx
 * Broadcast News Writing**

Demonstrates the interaction of journalists and PR people. Professionals from Capitol Records and the Golden State Warriors discuss the similarities of writing press releases and hard news stories, while sympathetic and unsympathetic journalists — including Andy Rooney (CBS) and Susan Antilla (The New York Times) — comment on the role of PR in the news. http://www.learner.org/vod/asx/utexas/News_Writing_09.asx
 * Public Relations Writing**

http://www.learner.org/vod/asx/utexas/News_Writing_10.asx Explores the difference between feature news, soft features, and advocacy journalism, as Pulitzer Prize winner Tom Kundsen (Sacramento Bee), Joel Achenbach (The Washington Post), and others discuss their craft. Concepts such as trend stories, personality profiles, background stories, and human interest stories are also introduced and illustrated by working reporters. http://www.learner.org/vod/asx/utexas/News_Writing_11.asx
 * Beyond the Summary Lead
 * Encourages novice writers to explore other creative introductory styles including anecdotal, quote, question, narrative, and direct address leads. Journalists — Gene Policinski (USA Today) and David Waldholz (The Wall Street Journal) among others — give tips on ways to avoid boring leads and grab readers in the first paragraph.
 * Feature Writing Styles**

Reveals the relationships among hard news writing, opinion writing, journalistic critique, and column writing, illustrating how "objective" front-page news can coexist with coverage in other sections. Dave Barry and Andy Rooney examine humor in column writing, Siskel and Ebert discuss criticism, and Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial writers dissect the elements of good opinion writing. http://www.learner.org/vod/asx/utexas/News_Writing_12.asx
 * Column Writing and Editorial Writing**

Demonstrates use of journalism's basic principles in crisis situations and under deadline pressure. Journalists who have covered earthquakes, chemical spills, severe weather, and plane crashes discuss the difference between theory and practice during community emergencies. http://www.learner.org/vod/asx/utexas/News_Writing_13.asx
 * Covering Disasters**

Introduces a reporter's on-the-job ethical challenges. Journalists from a variety of beats discuss issues such as conflict of interest, honesty, thoroughness, objectivity, privacy, and balance, and one reporter demonstrates real-life ethical decision making as she covers a controversial local story. http://www.learner.org/vod/asx/utexas/News_Writing_14.asx
 * The Ethics of Journalism**

Focuses on reporters' rights and defenses for potential libel or invasion of privacy lawsuits as well as concepts like open meeting, shield, and freedom of information laws. In addition, Mark Goodman, attorney for the Student Press Law Center, and author John Zelezny discuss legal issues that may confront students working for a school newspaper or other publication. http://www.learner.org/vod/asx/utexas/News_Writing_15.asx
 * Law of the Media**