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Contemporary Journalism in the US and GermanyStaking Out the Boundaries of Professionalism: Good and Bad Journalism

Contemporary Journalism in the US and Germany: Staking Out the Boundaries of Professionalism:... [This chapter maps US and German journalists’ definitions of occupational virtues and ideals, public responsibility and boundary drawing between “good” and “bad” journalism. These pronouncements arose in research interviews, ethnographic observation of reporting practice and in public venues (metajournalism). US reporters stood out by engaging in much more self-examination in metadiscourse and drawing boundaries more assertively towards each other (implicitly and explicitly). Rhetorically, they strictly separated news and opinion, despite continuous softening of this requirement, and defined their public responsibility in terms of accountability journalism. German reporters stressed the importance of taking positions in the news and were more modest in articulating their responsibility to the public, more as Einordnung (contextualizing) and explaining issues than acting as a countervailing power of politics.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan US
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
ISBN
978-1-137-51536-0
Pages
79 –112
DOI
10.1057/978-1-137-51537-7_4
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Abstract

[This chapter maps US and German journalists’ definitions of occupational virtues and ideals, public responsibility and boundary drawing between “good” and “bad” journalism. These pronouncements arose in research interviews, ethnographic observation of reporting practice and in public venues (metajournalism). US reporters stood out by engaging in much more self-examination in metadiscourse and drawing boundaries more assertively towards each other (implicitly and explicitly). Rhetorically, they strictly separated news and opinion, despite continuous softening of this requirement, and defined their public responsibility in terms of accountability journalism. German reporters stressed the importance of taking positions in the news and were more modest in articulating their responsibility to the public, more as Einordnung (contextualizing) and explaining issues than acting as a countervailing power of politics.]

Published: Feb 12, 2017

Keywords: News Story; Public Responsibility; Personal Brand; Reportorial Conduct; Public Service Broadcasting

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