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After reading Mark Allen Peterson's “Getting to the story: Unwriteable discourse and interpretive practice in American journalism

1. What does Peterson mean when he states that news is "socially negotiated"?

2. What does Peterson mean when he says some forms of discourse are "unwriteable" by professional journalists, and why is unwriteable discourse important?

3. What is important about the distinction between the action of "reporting" and the writing of "stories" that Peterson points out?

4. What point does Peterson make about "objectivity"?

5. Does anything in this account of how news gets made surprise you or contradict ideas you had about how news gets reported?

6. In what ways is Peterson's description about how journalists do their jobs like, or not like, the description Bishara offers of journalists doing their job?