Introduction
If editors’ assessment of what makes a story newsworthy are predictable, and the practice of ethical journalism requires writers to provide objective information to the public, then will three different news outlets provide identical stories on the same subject matter? That’s what we’ll examine in this week’s participation exercise.
Reporting on the the decision of Jody Wilson-Raybould to not run for reelection:
I’ve selected articles from The Globe and Mail (“Wilson-Raybould won’t seek re-election,” by Robert Fife), TheToronto Star (“Ex-minister won’t run in federal vote,” by Jacques Gallant), and The National Post (“MP opts to abandon ‘more toxic’ House,” by Lee Berthiaume of The Canadian Press), that examine Jody Wilson-Raybould’s July 9th announcement that she will not seek re-election in the next federal campaign. The articles are included here: Articles for Participation Exercise S21. The three articles report on the same subject and were published within days of each other. However, these are three very different news articles in terms of audience, context, and purpose.
Participation assignment:
Carefully read the three articles and note their similarities and differences. Assess how those differences and similarities affect the meaning the individual articles communicate, and try to determine what they tell you about who the different news outlets believe their audiences to be.
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