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Responsible Journalism EPQ

Responsible Journalism EPQresponsiblejournalismepq.wordpress.comFollow us on Twitter: @JournalismEPQ

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Initially planned a handbook, before deciding to produce a website, harnessing a range of digital media.Project harnessed my interest in IT and Journalism, as well as incorporating elements of all my A Level subjects2

Website

Fully functional HTML websiteHosted with WordPressLayout designedCustom CSSGraphic creationImage manipulationWidgets incorporatedEmbedded videosRationalised menusSearch function


4Compatibility

Optimised for tablet and mobile phoneTouchscreen compatibleInbuilt cookiesVideo compatibility


Website Details

Search engine optimisedIcons customised for web

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Video Content

Video and audio sourced and accreditedVideo content self-recordedVoice oversVideo edited and manipulatedAudio edited and manipulatedEffects and text Content hosted by VimeoEmbedded within websiteDownloadable


Project Videos

History and Evolution of JournalismThe Leveson InquiryWebsite promotional video (below)

All videos can be viewed on the project website at:bit.ly/responsiblejournalismepqvideos

6Other Digital Features

Downloadable PDFInfographicIntegrated Twitter feedExternal, self-created content


User interaction

Comment featuresLive web-chat, hosted with CoverItLive

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The Evolution of Journalismjournalismnoun

The activity of gathering, assessing, creating and presenting news and information. It is also the product of these actions.

-American Press Institute8


The Evolution of JournalismFor more than 5,000 years we have written things down, in order to record and recollect our thoughts, feelings and memories.

CuneiformHieroglyphicsPrinting pressTelecommunicationInternet

Journalists normalise the unthinkable for the general public Edward S. Herman

I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon. Tom Stoppard9

`The Decline of JournalismMurdoch created the kind of newsroom climate in which hacking and other things were done with impunity on an industrial scale Andrew Neil

Phone Hacking and the News of the WorldDecline in ReadershipCompetition and the Internet Revolution

We are simply in the business of reporting, interpreting and sometimes commenting on thefacts IN THAT ORDER Rupert Murdoch

Journalism today makes its bargains with sensation, celebrities, advocacy and entertainment. Jonathan Green


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The Leveson Inquiry


November 2011 - November 2012 An investigation into the culture, practices and ethics of the press, commissioned by David Cameron.

2,000 page report published November 2012 providing broad and complex recommendationsNew press standards body to be created after the 2015 electionHoped to be backed by legislation Promotion of a high standards of journalism, protecting public interests, rights and liberties of individuals. PCC replaced with IPSO September 8th 2014.

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Public Survey

60 people surveyed, both male and female ranging from age 14-70

8% read a newspaper dailyMore than 50% read a newspaper online3.2% agreed that journalists report the facts45.17% agreed that journalism positively enhances modern society61.3% agreed that journalism enhances democracy

Moral and correct codes of conduct should be put in place/enforced so that issues such as phonehacking arent allowed to occur again Anon

There has to be a moral change in the press, rather than any changes in the law Anon

Better training in ethics and law for journalists Anon 12

Findings


We think that while the press should and must always be, in the best British tradition, free, spiky, nosey, irreverent, sceptical and never fawning to power or success, it should no longer be, in a very unBritish way, cowardly, manipulative, greedy, bullying, immune to law and intoxicated with its own power.

Turning the Corner?A Turbulent Future?The Only Way is EthicsThe Next GenerationWe Must all Be Responsible JournalistsBrian Cathcart13

Findings


Journalism will always be a key aspect of modern societyThe Leveson Inquiry marks the start of a path towards parityRegulation needs to be stronger, with the next generation the keyThe media must regain our trust, starting at the topWe ALL have a responsibilityWithout journalism, our sense of injustice would lose its vocabulary and people would not be armed with the information they needed to fight it. John Pilger14Project Review

Successes

Website createdRange of digital contentImproved IT skillsResearchAnalysis Data gatheringData interpretationImproved knowledgeImproved writing skillsConclusionEnjoyable project


Improvements

Website complexityWebsite issuesImproved interactionMore contentResearch sourcesImproved sample sizeOngoing public enquiry

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