Olga Rodriguez The Why is what makes e l journalism in a game for adults, and the only way to explain why it is absolutely and entirely by journalists committed to covering a particular subject or institution. "David Simon, a former journalist and writer of The Wire. They said
teachers journalists to practice this profession is accurate empathy, ability to put yourself in the shoes of another language and culture, travel, specialize and deepen the current issues, keep your eyes and ears open and keep in touch with the street because is in it - and not in the newsroom, where news is produced and where you can feel the reality.
But in Spain seems to have opted for another model of journalism. It consists in signing the entry and exit of firms and stay there, in the editorial - more than editorial office should be contacted, nine or ten hours staring at the computer, watching fall, one after another, the ticker.
Thus journalists limit their eyes: those who are responsible for international information are currently through two or three eyes, those of the two or three major world news agencies. These agencies often do a decent job, but their coverage is insufficient to tell the world.
situation is somewhat Orwellian : the mass media, known as mass media, increasingly override their own eyes and ears, its own network of correspondents or special envoys, and deposit all the task of journalism in news agencies.
The same goes for national reporting: journalists tend to see the country through the notes news and press agencies, press conferences or sometimes without the right questions, because the modus operandi in newsrooms tax leaves them no time to delve into other topics.
And so the work of journalists from the mass media is increasingly reduced to copy-paste : I get the ticker or the release, copied it, and little else.
No doubt the media in which this phenomenon occurs more is television, and a citizen turns on the TV, zapping and start making sure that all channels will have the same news, with same planes, the same images, the same approach.
EDITORS
Many of the essays are no longer places where debate and controversy present fast-paced boil the insatiable curiosity of journalists.
now is rather quiet spaces, where there are leaders who increasingly valued expertise and knowledge , where Graciet enter in a news story gives you more points that have an agenda full of contacts and information sources from all political and social.
HEADS
Many managers of media companies are not journalists, but managers who seek to obtain the maximum economic benefit not care too much quality information.
So much so, that large media companies are more concerned than to inform, to pretend that report, seek to develop and run infotainment journalism that seeks to answer the big questions.
CAUSES
Why bet trample journalism?
collect and process information costs money, time and effort it is much cheaper to simply copy what they say news agencies, political or economic institutions or government agencies.
This is the idea that prevails in the great offices of mass media, but is more than questionable.
Any businessman knows that the stakes for quality products can generate long-term benefits, but this requires patience and, in the case of information, a sense of responsibility public, something that completely lack these gurus of non-journalism.
Much of the media focus on information for powerful influence in high places areas: Let's open the pages of a newspaper and count how many representatives from politics and institutions in the photos. Will be the majority.
And so the poor, the dispossessed, the anonymous people in the street, covered through the media how the members of the political, economic and financial benefit from a speaker daily they lack.
few can afford shape language daily to serve their interests have secured space in the media, his words will be repeated over and over in the media.
The others hardly ever have a speaker: they are indifferent to journalism.
currently in this business is rewarded and gets medals haunting politicians, eats with them, reports on what they say, on whether they will or not in the next term, whether or not shone in his speech in the House of Congress, whether they lie or not lie on their promises, alliances and ruptures.
information is certainly necessary, but often lack the depth required at times.
The current political debate is often poor and serve the great powers, not citizens. often invisible realities with which any good historian of the future define our present stage.
why the information space they occupy representatives of political power usually does not give rise to to answer the big questions we should be answering to all:
Who is behind the political power?
How is it that in 2009, the year of greatest economic downturn in Spain, the average salary of executive directors and senior managers of companies in the Ibex 35 outside one million euros year?
Why governments have put much effort into rescue financial institutions and we do not rescue the citizens ?
What happened to Europe to raise impair the rights of workers and even delay retirement age , when only ten years ago was debating whether or not to reduce the workday to 35 hours weekly?
Why hunger, malnutrition and inequality are often considered unavoidable natural tragedies and nobody has been convicted of contributing to its existence?
What are the names of those who make money speculating on the price food?
earn How much money our governments selling weapons to states that attack civilians and illegally occupying foreign territory?
Why are armies of developed countries that kill civilians in the name of combating terrorism?
What some Western countries occupy and attack countries in the name of democracy and freedom?
you be keeping this hierarchy that puts money and power over human beings and the Earth?
How far will this journalism at the power or economic benefits, immersed in a terrible Stockholm syndrome, kidnapped by his worst enemies?
The answer to this question depends not only on those who hold the reins of the media, but all we carry out this job.
"Break the isolation. Again feel the moral satisfaction from an act of freedom ... Pass this information."
Rodolfo Walsh
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