Reporting:
• Reporting is the process through which we go on location or site of the incident and grab the information and make available to the common people.
• Objective Reporting-
• Journalism needs to be more objective, accurate and investigative in the way it presents information and relays facts to the public. This objectivity in journalism helps the audience to make up their own mind about a story and decide what they want to believe.
• The journalist must report only the facts and not a personal attitude toward the facts.
• Interpretative Reporting-
• Interpretative reporting puts news in perspective to bring out its significance.
• The Interpretative reporter gives the reader the background of an event and explains the possible consequences.
• Most important 5 Ws in factual background are as follow – What, When, Where, Who & Why.
• For an intelligent newspaper reader, there are few surprises, because the interpretative reports keeps him informed of the consequence of events.
• Investigative Reporting-
• Investigative reporting is exposing and reporting corruption. It calls for exceptional courage, a sense of justice and a commitment to the higher values of life.
• The best kind of Investigative reporting is that which keeps the public interest in mind. It may highlight an injustice, expose corrupt practices or unmask dishonest politicians and Bureaucrats.
• Investigative journalism is finding, reporting and presenting news which other people try to hide. The job of journalists is to let people know what is going on in the community, the society and the world around them.
• When a journalist tries to report on matters which somebody wants to keep secret, this is investigative journalism.
• Good investigative reporters do not let any possible story clues escape. They write them down because they might come in useful later.
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