Week1: Discussion 1 and 2 Student Response
Tiffany VanVolkinburg
ThursdayNov 16 at 8:45pm
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The articles I analyzed are about the current ongoing news coverage of Harvey Weinstein and the numerous allegations brought to light in recent weeks. The news story I found in yesterday's edition of The New York Times, Deception and Ruses Fill the Toolkit of Investigators Used by Weinstein (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. , discusses Weinstein's hiring of the private investigative firm, Black Cube, to look into the background of one of his accusers.
The feature story I analyzed from The Guardian (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. is about New York City police gathering evidence to seek an arrest warrant for Weinstein after finding a 2010 rape allegation against him, by actress Paz de la Huerta, to be "credible."
After reviewing the two news stories I selected, I firmly agree that the statement in the book about the similarities of news stories and feature stories was accurate. The book also states, "whereas the news story writer wishes to transmit a basic set of facts to the reader as quickly as possible, the feature writer tries to enhance those facts with details and description so that the reader will be able to see a more complete picture of an event or a person" (Stovall, 2015).
In this case, both articles covered the same topic and listed many of the same facts, though they were often phrased differently. However, the feature story only covered a single incident/person--the alleged rape of Paz de la Huerta by Weinstein--rather than the broader umbrella topic of Weinsteins' alleged sexual misconduct and the subsequent facts.
The differences in these articles seem to be in the form of factual interpretation because "journalists’ descriptions are set to involve audiences’ interpretations and perceptions. When journalists send their factual descriptions to their audience, the audience should interpret them" (Yoonhye, 2017).
Tiffany VanVolkinburg
References
Matthew Goldstein And William K. Rashbaum. (2017, November 15). Deception and Ruses Fill the Toolkit of Investigators Used by Weinstein. Retrieved November 16, 2017, from https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/15/business/deception-and-ruses-fill-the-toolkit-of-investigators-used-by-weinstein.html?ref=todayspaper
Mumford, G. (2017, November 03). Harvey Weinstein: police say Paz de la Huerta's rape claim is 'credible'. Retrieved November 16, 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/nov/03/paz-de-la-huerta-accuses-harvey-weinstein-of-sexual-assaulting-her-on-two-occasions-nypd
Stovall, J. G. (2015). Writing for the mass media (9th ed.). Boston: Pearson Education, Inc.
Yoonhye, K. (2017). BETWEEN FACTS AND NORMS: JOURNALISM AND GLOBAL ETHICS. Journal Of International Affairs, 70(2), 163-174.