Who Is Ignorant
Who Is Ignorant This article studies dispute between Chinese sports journalists and Chinese sports elites in a socio-cultural context. Based upon a number of case studies, the professional features of Chinese sports journalism and Chinese elite sport are elaborated and the different characteristics of Chinese sports journalists and Chinese sportspeople are examined. The study then investigates how the cultural differences between Chinese sports journalists and Chinese sportspeople affect their understandings of news values and the duty of the news media and concludes that the different understandings of the media's duty are often the trigger of dispute.
The Written Word: Player-Press Relationships in American Sports
This paper provides an overview of the role relationship between professional athletes and sports journalists. After a brief historical review it discusses (a) the current conflicts between players and sports writers in light of changing role definitions for both athletes and journalists, (b) ethical guidelines for writers covering athletes as personalities, and (c) how the emergence of superstar athletes has intensified the potential for conflict in player-press relations. The major conclusion is that conflict in player-press relations is likely to continue. Its intensity will vary with the players’ understandings of the role of the press in professional sport, the knowledge and empathy of the sports writers themselves, and the sophistication of the consumers of sport publications.
Professionalism and Awards in Television News Photography
w In our concern with the information in television news, we sometimes overlook the pictures.1 News video may not explain the meaning of a story, but it can create powerful images. In the month following NBC's visually dramatic coverage of the Ethiopian famine, for example, Americans sent more food aid than in the preceding year.2 In S o u t h Africa, powerful news pictures led to a government ban on visual coverage.3 In the Philippines, news pictures helped topple the government of Ferdinand M a r c ~ s . ~ What kinds of people are the video photographers who help give television news this power? Can we talk of them as journalists, or are they technicians? How d o they compare to broadcast reporters in terms of professional values? How d o they compare to print photojournalists? What special qualities distinguish photographers recognized through awards from peers as having unusual skill in visual storytelling? What special circumstances distinguish television news shops recognized by awards for photographic excellence? The literature on professionalism provides a starting point. I t examines values