Sentences with phrase «power of journalism»

Not only this, but the power of journalism and its everyday misconceptions.

The result is an important and moving film that crystallizes the purpose and power of journalism, the courage and the sacrifice of those fighting to get the truth out, and the human impact of a war being waged across the ocean.

Not exact matches

«The Post» is a smart, fleet - footed message movie about the importance of journalism and speaking truth to power.

Granted the great power of the movies in the influencing of modern society and the great influence of Jews in the movies, it still remains true that the Jewish interest in journalism and advertising is extraordinarily small and that journalism and advertising also have their persuasiveness.

The court fight could put modern television journalism on trial and highlight the power of language in the Internet Age: In the wake of the reports on «World News with Diane Sawyer,» the term «pink slime» went viral.

Still, in the same line of argument, one established truth we can not shy away from is the fact that the sole aim of journalism is service and in providing this service, they enjoy great power and followership.

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We ink - stained wretches could still more of his kind at the barricades in the battle for what remains of journalism and for the democratic promise that can only be realized when the press and the pressmen speak truth to power.

(laughter) But, putting that in an appropriate context, now it's not just that obviously online journalism lends itself so well to a lot of good coverage; the fact that it is so easily lent to dialogue and linking to sources, to multimedia, to the diversity of opportunities and ways of approaching all of this; not to mention the extraordinary explanatory power of lolcats.

A film about the vital importance of speaking truth to power needn't be so concerned with dressing up its own frightful truths, but Nobody Speak still compels as an opening statement on journalism's dubious future.

If All the President's Men inspired countless young people to enter journalism — and it did — then perhaps The Post can introduce a new generation to the seductive power of aspiring to learn the truth about something... anything.

Many today rail and seethe against a press grown too cozy with power, but The Post suggests the degree to which journalism often only exists as a direct result of the intervention of wealthy players, and that access to important stories is twinned with a discomfiting closeness between reporters and historical actors.

It's a passionate, serious, impeccably crafted movie tackling a subject Clooney cares about deeply: the duty of journalism to speak truth to power.

Inspired by the life of Pulitzer prize - winning journalist Gary Webb (Jeremy Renner) and his «Dark Alliance» exposé on the explosion of crack cocaine in the United States (which inevitably ruined his career), the film draws attention to the power and reach of fourth and fifth estate journalism and to the subjective objectivism of its gatekeepers.

It shows once again the importance of investigative and independent journalism to reveal abuse of power that is a persistent danger with regard to a free and democratic society.

The story of the Washington Post's publication of the Pentagon Papers, the movie celebrates journalism and its fight against pernicious power.

Liz Hannah and Josh Singer's script wants to have big speeches about the nobility of journalism as an instrument through which those in power are held accountable, but also wants to be honest about how Washington Post owner Kay Graham (Meryl Streep) and executive editor Ben Bradlee (Tom Hanks) were both personal friends of presidents whom the Papers showed were complicit in the long coverup.

Playwright Lucy Kirkwood said that the story, first staged at the Almeida theatre in 2013, has only grown more relevant: «It was thrilling for me to return to the story of two men, one American and one Chinese, trying to work out how to respond to the outrages of an increasingly outrageous world, and look through their eyes at our changing relationship with journalism, power, protest, and images themselves».

The Post is a humdinger of a historical journalism tale that manages to be about many things — women and power, competition, friendship, and most of all the First Amendment — while also being a rollicking, enjoyable time at the movies.

Employing admirable restraint while focusing on the crack team of Boston reporters who exposed the pedophilic crimes being committed by members of the clergy, this riveting film ends up being about the awful abuse of power as much as about that last - gasp period before journalism shifted from being a conduit of reliable information into a circus act of celebrity reporters riding unicycles of distortion and deceit.

A movie that ends up being about the awful abuse of power as much as about that last - gasp period before journalism shifted from being a conduit of reliable information into a circus act of celebrity reporters riding unicycles of distortion and deceit, Spotlight is especially admirable in its restraint, not only in its approach to unsettling material but also in the relatively muted acting by all concerned.

The Spotlight Investigative Journalism Fellowship, which is open to journalists with a large body of work published in major news outlets, is designed to promote American journalism that has the potential to reveal the abuse of power in the private or publiJournalism Fellowship, which is open to journalists with a large body of work published in major news outlets, is designed to promote American journalism that has the potential to reveal the abuse of power in the private or publijournalism that has the potential to reveal the abuse of power in the private or public sectors.

Highlights the power of investigative journalism.

In addition to the fellowships and publishing the quarterly magazine Nieman Reports, the Nieman Foundation is also the home of the Nieman Program on Narrative Journalism and the Nieman Watchdog Journalism Project to encourage reporters and editors to monitor and hold accountable those who exert power in all aspects of public life.

A tour of the latest neuroscience of schizophrenia, autism, Alzheimer's disease, ecstatic epilepsy, Cotard's syndrome, out - of - body experiences, and other disorders — revealing the awesome power of the human sense of self from a master of science journalism

Let us expose this hot nonsense for what it is: a lie meant to exploit writers and to puff up that old persistent myth about the value of exposure or the joy of the starving artist or the mounting power of unpaid citizen journalism.

Global Pet Expo's annual Excellence in Journalism and Outstanding Contributions to the Pet Industry Award recognizes individuals in the media who have the power to influence millions of people and use this to positively promote the joys and benefits of pet ownership.

Now the acclaimed author of Power - Up and an editor at Kotaku, Kohler is revisiting the game that started his career in games journalism.

Blockbuster games journalism outlet IGN has used its magic powers to stabilise yet another buggy pre-release game, causing waves of excitement and relief among games journalists from other, less influential outlets, who were told...

Indeed, we may see a new Renaissance of Games Journalism that could sweep away all gamers under the might of our collective brain power.

Games journalism hasn't been this good or amusing since the days of Amiga Power

At the end of 2012, Nintendo Power succumbed to evil forces of Internet Games Journalism (bastards!)

In 1982, in my first journalism job, for Offshore Magazine, I got to interview Stinson Davis, a 100 - year - old man in Five Islands, Maine, who was the last living captain of a ship powered entirely by sail.

Rosenbaum completely overlooks the investigative, truth - seeking responsibility of journalism, and how money and power can / is motivating dissent which is not meritorious.

Without the restorative power of music, there's no way I could have worked so long in journalism.

John Dudley Miller, a former nuclear engineering officer in the Navy with a doctorate in social psychology and a long career in journalism, sent this «Your Dot» critique of «Pandora's Promise,» the new documentary defending nuclear power, and the more recent videotaped discussion of nuclear energy by the climate scientist and campaigner James E. Hansen [Updated, 12:27 p.m. Hansen has responded below.]

The Wall Street Journal called Power Hungry «precisely the kind of journalism we need to hold truth to power.&rPower Hungry «precisely the kind of journalism we need to hold truth to power.&rpower.»

These same newspapers continue to publish «Press Releases» on behalf of wind developers, and yet refuse to do any responsible, investigative journalism on the efficacy, effects and economics of wind power.

There are structural problems with journalism, but you can never underestimate the stultifying power of groupthink.

Watergate was clearly not the first time that investigative journalism fired the public imagination, but it must be a high point, at least in the US, for the power of the principled and relentless pursuit of the truth by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein.

Over the past few months, there has been a watershed of allegations against men who held positions of power — in the entertainment industry, journalism, and politics — by women and men who have shown remarkable courage in coming forward and exposing these offenders.

There are fantastic potential developments in drone use, such as crime prevention, fire detection and control, search and rescue, scientific research, inspection of industrial structures (oil rigs, power plants, pylons and power lines), media and journalism and creative and artistic projects.

A classic example of «pack journalism» is Postmedia's coverage of the NDP government's decision to challenge the right of power xompanies to back out of their power purchase arrangements (PPAs).

The siege of the Lindt cafe in Sydney late last year showcased some of the best and worst aspects of journalism in Australia, with surely the top prize for poor taste going to our most power... Read more

«Stuart Schear's diverse and impressive career in health journalism, government, and health advocacy has prepared him to take a leadership role in employing the power of communications to guarantee affordable, quality reproductive health care for all in the United States,» said PPFA President Cecile Richards.

The #JustJustice project can be seen through many lenses, including as an example of using connective networks to power public interest journalism.