#badjournalism

Meghan Markle’s Sister’s New Court Demands Could Lead To Hours-Long Deposition

Matthew Radulski - Monday

"The divorce was finalized a few years after that. For a while, Meghan was close to both her parents. Her father was invited to her wedding to Prince Harry, but then everything changed. Thomas hired paparazzi to snap photos of him around Britain and began leaking Meghan’s letters to the press against her wishes. He’s now one of Meghan’s most ardent critics."

So you all might remember that article I penned for my local school and city newspaper, right? Well, both publications declined to publish the article on the basis of requiring a legal first and last name.  If I were to publish both, it would out me as a trans woman prematurely, and put me at risk, as there are many people aggressive and violent against trans people in my part of the country.  So, it makes sense why I’d try and keep my anonymity.  However, both publications I tried posting my op-ed to required both, in an act of extremely unprofessional journalism.

However, my cis friend posted another article of her own to the same publications, and got published.  Now while she also posted my article on her Facebook anonymously (which I thank her immensely for), reality of the situation is, social media is not the same as a major news publication.  Not only is a newspaper going to reach more people by default, but it will make more change.  See, on Facebook, most people whom you’re friends with already agree with you and your views for the most part.  There isn’t anybody totally switching sides on an issue per se.  But when you publish to a newspaper, you’re reaching people of all sorts of walks of life, with varying opinions, some of whom you might change by showing them the proverbial light.  

Wow, some publications take it to the extreme.  1. DM http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3348862/Calvin-Harris-changes-Instagram-account-private-tiring-fans-critical-relationship-pop-star-Taylor-Swift.html 2. Jezebel http://jezebel.com/calvin-harris-allegedly-made-his-instagram-private-beca-1745921458 3. Hollywood Life http://hollywoodlife.com/2015/12/04/calvin-harris-mad-taylor-swift-obsessed-ex-boyfriends/

This is an example of a poor multimedia that uses sound and visuals to tell the story:

How To Tie A Tie

After looking at a good example of multimedia that uses sound and visuals to tell a story, we can compare it with this poor example where the audio fluctuate from takes and the shots are taken more to fill the space, than to actually show the viewer the importance of the story. It seems like…