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Global news – oppositional views

This article explores the complexities of global news production, focusing on issues like agenda setting, parachute reporting, and the impact of storylines on foreign reporting. It delves into the role of journalists, the need for diverse perspectives, and the challenges faced in portraying accurate representations of different regions. The discussion also covers alternative journalism models and their evolving relationship with traditional media in the digital age.

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Global news – oppositional views

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  1. Global news – oppositional views

  2. Are global news really global? Where are they produced? Who produces them? Who sets the agenda?

  3. Anna Roosvall:2005

  4. Key concepts Stringer Parachute reporting Beat Hard news Feature Story

  5. Sources Diplomats ”fixers” ”authoritative local commentator” UN staff NGOs staff

  6. Home audience Foreign news need to reflect domestic preconceptions Connections between home and abroad

  7. No story lines or more story lines? Story lines just to handy for journalists to go away altogether More story lines would represent a wider framework. Is it possible to have no story lines at all in foreign reporting?

  8. Country story-lines Jerusalem – conflict between Israel and Palestine Japan – society values South Africa – apartheid, black-white-afrikaan conflict

  9. Parachute reporting Journalists parachute themselves to different places for short periods of time. What are the effects of this way of doing foreign reporting? - episodical news - lack of context

  10. Ulf Hannerz ”A pessimistic view would be that the chances for more subtle portrayals of ethnicity in news work are not great. If you are a parachutist flying into a new battle zone with limited preparation, the tool kit of primordialist assumptions and clichés is perhaps too conveniently available”

  11. Chaos as a story line ”Chaos itself may become a story line by default, a story line only where there is no story line offering a firmer grasp of events”

  12. Reporting from Africa ”How the spatial practices of Africa correspondents may influence our views of the continent?”(Ulf Hannerz)

  13. Alternative journalism - Atton & Hamilton • Changing conceptions of mainstream. • Bourgeoisie journalism started as the alternative • Dilemma - dumbing down content to maximize readership and be attractive to advertisers.

  14. Models of alternative journalism  - Patronage supported - Voice of Women, Appeal to Reason  - Personal journalism - CounterPunch  - Collective and movement support - Indymedia

  15. Bloggs vs. newspapers  ”When people read this story, they should have newsprint on their hands,” State of Play - 2009 Bloggs are modern, newspapers are old. Who has more credibility?

  16. Critique to commercialization • Traditions of bourgeois journalism are seen as neutral tolls.  • Imperative of capitalism: sell at a profit and maximize sales - financiers will move investments that do not grow at a desired pace.

  17. Political  Economy - the problem of funding •   Advertising •  Independency

  18. Gatekeeping and gatewatching Editors of bloggs and alternative news websites are able to monitor a the output of a great range of news providers and then analyse and comment on it.

  19. Alt. journalism (Indymedia and assimilates): Open publishing Minimal/no edition Multitude of visions and voices, bidirectional flow reader-writer Traditional journalism: Closed publishing Editing  Less visions/voices represented, unidirectional flow writer-reader Journalistic practices

  20. Alternative journalism "...how do the norms of alternative journalism help us to understand, for example, the status of alternative journalism and their place in society, their methods and their approach to content?"

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