"[...] este documento [...] busca aportar varias reflexiones al periodismo de investigación impactado por la era digital, en un contexto como el latinoamericano. Las incógnitas y los desafíos que yacen en este reto se presentan en las siguientes páginas, a través de ejemplos mundiales y latinoa
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mericanos. El texto considera las bases mismas del oficio, el contexto en el que este se desarrolla y la manera en que periodistas en diversos puntos del globo han entendido la innovación de las tecnologías recientes para potenciar su forma de ver el mundo, su forma de hacer reportería y de relacionarse con las audiencias. Las ideas presentadas en este manual buscan servir de aporte, siendo conscientes de que apenas nos encontramos en los albores de la era digital y es mucho lo que falta por recorrer. Es fácil predecir que en ese camino se decantarán muchas cosas que hoy son fascinantes. Con el tiempo, algunas de ellas se verán como obsoletas. Es por eso que la apuesta conceptual de este documento es por aquellos aspectos que como resultado de la era digital ya están generando cambios en la forma como se hace el periodismo, prácticas que a juzgar por sus tempranos resultados, ya están generando una identidad de lo que será el periodismo en este milenio." (Introducción)
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"Esta guía realizada en conjunto por Periodismo Social, Poder Ciudadano, Asociación por los Derechos Civiles, se propone como una herramienta indispensable para los profesionales que deben enfrentarse diariamente con políticos y funcionarios públicos en los distintos momentos de la vida democrá
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tica: campaña – gestión- rendición de cuentas. Se trata de una herramienta de consulta gratuita en la que se acercan instrumentos claves como fuentes y pautas para el mejoramiento de la cobertura de temas vitales y cotidianos pero poco o superficialmente tratados. En muchas ocasiones los periodistas suelen ser manipulados por parte de los gobernantes y terminan siendo funcionales a las necesidades y objetivos de promoción de los mismos en lugar de cumplir con su papel de informar con precisión a la opinión pública. Por lo tanto, este cuadernillo tiene como objetivo de máxima fortalecer la institucionalidad democrática al intentar transparentar los actos de gobierno por medio de las armas del periodismo tradicional: investigación, seriedad y cumplir con el mandato del derecho a la información pública." (Introducción, página 7)
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"In today’s climate in the media industry, reporters are expected to cover a broad range of issues. They no longer have the luxury of concentrating on a small piece of a larger puzzle, and at times, they may feel as if they need a better understanding of the background information before moving fo
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rward. Covering eight different topics, this book is not intended to provide reporters with in-depth information on any single topic. It is, instead, intended to provide the necessary building blocks on a variety of themes, and to assist journalists in seeing each story they tackle through a variety of ‘lenses’. This book is also based on a belief that a holistic approach to reporting is important in today’s media industry. The links between the economic recession, poverty, food insecurity, water issues, rural issues, xenophobia, gender issues and children’s issues cannot be emphasised enough." (Introduction)
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"Providing counseling for reporters who have witnessed some of the worst things that can happen to humanity – with no tools to handle the emotional shock – was identified as one of the most imminent and crucial needs for support to Kenyan media practitioners in the aftermath of the disputed Dece
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mber 2007 presidential election. An unprecedented wave of politically motivated violence was triggered when the Electoral Commission of Kenya declared President Mwai Kibaki winner of the presidential election. More than 1,000 Kenyans were killed and over 500,000 displaced. [...]
On this background, IMS decided to engage in a post-election violence trauma counseling project in close cooperation with the Kenya Association of Photographers, Illustrators and Designers (KAPIDE), Kenya Correspondents’ Association (KCA) and Kenya Union of Journalists (KUJ). Under the theme: 'Healing the messenger – Post-election trauma counseling for Kenyan Journalists', trauma counseling was provided for a total of 150 journalists and photographers in five different locations. The sessions were conducted by leading Kenyan psychiatrist and expert in disaster management, Dr. Sobbie Mulindi, and a rapid response team from the Kenyatta National Hospital. This booklet offers insights into the experiences the journalists went through as told by themselves during the counseling sessions. All accounts reproduced in this handbook conceal the identity of the journalists to respect wishes for anonymity and the continued feeling of trauma and sensitivity characterizing the post-election situation in Kenya. The booklet also provides guidance to recognizing and dealing with trauma as elaborated and presented by Dr. Sobbie Mulindi and his team." (Preface)
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"Interviewing for Journalists focuses on the many types of interviewing, from the routine street interview, vox pop and press conference to the interview used as the basis of an in-depth profile. Drawing on previously published material and featuring interviews with successful columnists such as Emm
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a Brockes, who writes for the Guardian and the New York Times and Andrew Duncan of Radio Times. Interviewing for Journalists covers every stage of interviews including research, planning and preparation, structuring questions, the importance of body language, how to get a vivid quote, checking material and editing it into different formats." (Publisher description)
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"The production of paper is both resource intensive and highly polluting. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, the pulp and paper industry is the third-largest industrial consumer of energy and the fourth-largest emitter of greenhouse gases among manufacturers. According to the U.S. Environme
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ntal Protection Agency, the industry is third among industrial sectors in the release of toxic chemicals to air and fourth in the release of toxic chemicals to water. In the United States, environmental regulations are fairly well enforced; such enforcement is not guaranteed in other countries, particularly developing countries, where more and more paper is being made. Most paper is not recycled and is instead thrown out, making up a third of the municipal waste stream. As the paper deteriorates in landfills, it releases methane, a greenhouse gas with 23 times the heat-trapping power of carbon dioxide. According to the U.S. EPA, municipal landfills are the largest source of human-related methane emissions, and a significant share of these emissions is generated by the decomposition of paper. Conscientious publishers will want to do all they can to minimize the harmful environmental effects of publication printing. Aside from simply printing less - which will happen as more publications go digital - publishers should do three things: Maximize recycled content; Maximize use of certified virgin fibers; Choose greener production." (Page 1)
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