Comments on: Contoversies http://jmtuazon.tinig.com/2008/05/04/contoversies/ Correcting Life's Mistakes One Day at a Time... Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:29:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Mimi http://jmtuazon.tinig.com/2008/05/04/contoversies/#comment-4510 Mimi Sun, 18 May 2008 22:02:55 +0000 http://jmtuazon.tinig.com/?p=895#comment-4510 Hi JM, Hi Rach! As I said, this is really interesting. Maybe we students should sit over coffee or MassComm bread and chat away. We love issues, right? The hotter, the better. hehe Hi JM, Hi Rach! As I said, this is really interesting. Maybe we students should sit over coffee or MassComm bread and chat away. We love issues, right? The hotter, the better. hehe

]]> By: Rach http://jmtuazon.tinig.com/2008/05/04/contoversies/#comment-3833 Rach Fri, 09 May 2008 02:05:49 +0000 http://jmtuazon.tinig.com/?p=895#comment-3833 IMHO, I personally believe it's a healthy thing, seeing two respected professors in our department argue. As Mimi pointed out, it happens to any field in humanities. Just as there are so many varied communication theories left to our devices, so will there be varied opinions as to covering beats and newswriting. I think you should not worry much about how their debate will translate to what they teach us students. It only goes to show that there is no definite formula to writing the perfect news article or the perfect news coverage, and that there are many approaches and angles to an issue. But of course, you always have to think about the "so-what" in the issue, how relevant it would be to the public. That's where the judgment call comes in. And as to articles that are okay with Prof. X but may not be good enough for Prof. Y, erm, let's just talk about it when we meet again. Haha! :) IMHO, I personally believe it’s a healthy thing, seeing two respected professors in our department argue. As Mimi pointed out, it happens to any field in humanities. Just as there are so many varied communication theories left to our devices, so will there be varied opinions as to covering beats and newswriting.

I think you should not worry much about how their debate will translate to what they teach us students. It only goes to show that there is no definite formula to writing the perfect news article or the perfect news coverage, and that there are many approaches and angles to an issue. But of course, you always have to think about the “so-what” in the issue, how relevant it would be to the public. That’s where the judgment call comes in.

And as to articles that are okay with Prof. X but may not be good enough for Prof. Y, erm, let’s just talk about it when we meet again. Haha! :)

]]> By: mika http://jmtuazon.tinig.com/2008/05/04/contoversies/#comment-3613 mika Tue, 06 May 2008 00:59:13 +0000 http://jmtuazon.tinig.com/?p=895#comment-3613 To end the debate, you should check their bios and see who the one with "beat coverage" experience and the one who doesn't....its not a matter of age but actual vs. virtual experience To end the debate, you should check their bios and see who the one with “beat coverage” experience and the one who doesn’t….its not a matter of age but actual vs. virtual experience

]]> By: Manuel L. Quezon III: The Daily Dose » Blog Archive » A proposal lacking a consensus http://jmtuazon.tinig.com/2008/05/04/contoversies/#comment-3551 Manuel L. Quezon III: The Daily Dose » Blog Archive » A proposal lacking a consensus Mon, 05 May 2008 06:47:41 +0000 http://jmtuazon.tinig.com/?p=895#comment-3551 [...] Jester-in-Exile, a generation-derived element at work here, and this is true even among journalists. The Blue Pencil Chronicles well, chronicles a typically intense debate going on between professors in the UP School of [...] [...] Jester-in-Exile, a generation-derived element at work here, and this is true even among journalists. The Blue Pencil Chronicles well, chronicles a typically intense debate going on between professors in the UP School of [...]

]]> By: JM http://jmtuazon.tinig.com/2008/05/04/contoversies/#comment-3539 JM Mon, 05 May 2008 03:01:50 +0000 http://jmtuazon.tinig.com/?p=895#comment-3539 Hi Mimi, thanks for your view. I have to agree you have a point. However, this has been my problem since before. A good news article for Khan may not be as good for Chua or Arao or for Teodoro. Doesn't that confuse you? Kasi this profession is all about judgment calls. And somehow we're taught to make that decision. But if they teach different things, it's kinda difficult to reconcile which to use. Diba? Hi Mimi, thanks for your view. I have to agree you have a point. However, this has been my problem since before. A good news article for Khan may not be as good for Chua or Arao or for Teodoro. Doesn’t that confuse you? Kasi this profession is all about judgment calls. And somehow we’re taught to make that decision. But if they teach different things, it’s kinda difficult to reconcile which to use. Diba?

]]> By: Mimi http://jmtuazon.tinig.com/2008/05/04/contoversies/#comment-3523 Mimi Sun, 04 May 2008 23:07:05 +0000 http://jmtuazon.tinig.com/?p=895#comment-3523 Hi JM! This is very interesting. I think there really is no problem if two respected professors give contrasting opinions on a certain matter. We know it happens all the time. Some profs are left some are right some are centered. It happens even in Philosophy or Art or probably any field in the humanities. So like always, these matters should be left for students to discern. After all, it's the top university where students are assumed to be smart and critical. And it's journalism, it's flexible. No set rules are definite (it's not science and math). This I realized in my summer internship. When writing and reporting stories, I wouldn't really sit and think about the ten or six news values. For me, whatever the number doesn't matter as long as you can use it. Take your pick. :) Hi JM! This is very interesting. I think there really is no problem if two respected professors give contrasting opinions on a certain matter. We know it happens all the time. Some profs are left some are right some are centered. It happens even in Philosophy or Art or probably any field in the humanities. So like always, these matters should be left for students to discern. After all, it’s the top university where students are assumed to be smart and critical. And it’s journalism, it’s flexible. No set rules are definite (it’s not science and math). This I realized in my summer internship. When writing and reporting stories, I wouldn’t really sit and think about the ten or six news values. For me, whatever the number doesn’t matter as long as you can use it. Take your pick. :)

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