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Tag: democracy
Commentary on Journalism in Democracy
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis article first appeared as a discussion post for the JRN200 course at University of Arizona Global Campus. I mentioned briefly before that a democratic society is not defined by what kind of government structure or economic system it uses but rather by the principle of the collective voice of the people being the highest…
Open Access to Information Is a Democratic Imperative
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis piece first appeared as a discussion post for the course JRN200 at the University of Arizona Global Campus. …a popular government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: and a people who mean to…
On the Nature of News Media
Reading Time: 10 minutesFirst published December 1, 2021, as the final course assignment for JRN200 at the University of Arizona Global Campus. Loosely defined, journalism is a genre of writing that reports on events relevant to the public. “The press” is a catch-all term for journalism in its many formats – newspapers, television broadcasts, radio broadcasts, and online…