Newsroom Essays

Neo-Aristotelian Analysis of The Newsroom: Episode 1 The Newsroom is a political drama series that premiered on HBO on June 24, 2012. It was created and written by award winning producer Aaron Sorkin. The drama centers on a fictional cable news network, Atlantis Cable News (ACN) channel, and its hard-headed anchor Will McAvoy. The series chronicles the trials and tribulations of the staff behind the scenes, attempting to create a new show “in the face of corporate and commercial obstacles and their

The Newsroom is an American television series that shows the personal and professional lives of journalists. In the first episode, the main protagonist, Will McAvoy, is shown with three other people at a college panel, answering questions. One student asks the panelists what makes America the greatest country in the world. The other panelists give their answers, saying what makes America the greatest, whilst McAvoy disagrees with this statement, saying he thinks America is not the greatest country

journalists, they were directed to the minority viewer audience. This made journalists of color “outsiders from within.” Journalists themselves were already outsiders of society. But the industry, holding up a white, male power structure inside the newsroom, further alienates journalists of color in society as a whole for their differences. Popular culture points to the sacrifices needed to be made from racial minorities to success in this white dominated industry. In the film Living Large, Terrence

There are many different ways for news networks to bring information on the most pressing current events to the general public. In the HBO drama series Newsroom, the crew, journalists, and host of News Night, a nightly news program, work together to find the best way to communicate the current news stories to the people. In the second episode of Newsroom, Mackenzie proposes that the best possible form of the argument be presented to the public using good sources and reliable facts, however, this leads

told. With the multiple cultures and variety of stories, it is hard for news stations in America like CNN to decide which story is important and which stories are going to attract viewers (421). In one of the final segments of this episode of CNN Newsroom, viewers are presented with a possibly great story, but it fails to educate them on the topic. The potential of the story, "Changing the Workplace", was high; the story could have discussed ideas and ways workers can benefit from their working environment

group who was created to recommend changes and made policies to assure the quality and integrity of the newsrooms methods of operation. The committee is made up of twenty-five people, and fifteen members responded with maybe, the possibility of this plagiarizing scandal happening again. Calame understood the tightening of the procedures and the new culture of the newsroom. New culture of the newsroom involved the trust in editors; they would guarantee no intent on plagiarism or fabrication. Calame’s

mispronounced by Southwest pilots and Hawaiian Airlines pilots need fewer readback corrections from ATC. Hawaiian Airlines is also one of the largest employers in Hawaii and the staff have deep-rooted knowledge of Hawaii and its customs (Hawaiian Airlines Newsroom,

are powerless towards organizing their own works. A national survey reported that eight-four percent of America journalists were facing low morale and deprived of using their creativity to research and write stories (Hickey, 2000). In an American newsroom study, it was found that journalists were reduced to one-third of their usual time to complete a story (Minami, 2009). Under capitalism, news agencies cut production costs by standardizing journalists’ work processes. Office automated with computer

society. These on screen biases are then projected into real life situations and interactions with non-people-of-color, including law enforcement and they become victims of perception. The article also states that television newsrooms are 80 percent white and radio newsrooms are 92 percent white. When biases come from the news media industry it sets the tone for film and television producers to transmit their racial biases into their

men in the newsroom. This according to a study done a decade ago by the South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef). Though this is extremely old information we can assume not much has changed when taking into account more recent studies done in the UK and USA. The latter studies show that women are also poorly represented in newspaper bylines.

These reports just show how sports media is an area where there are a lot more men than women. Many sports media outlets are trying to combat these reports and get more women in the newsrooms. “… the majority of female columnists and editors worked for ESPN, which the report notes has made an effort to diversify its newsroom” (Morrison). Women are having it tough all across the board especially the limited amount of women sports reporters. They have to deal with men always thinking they are better than

journalist were white, middle aged and males. Women in the newsroom was not common practice then and fifty years later you were still unable to find very many women working in the newsroom or on locations to cover a story (Zeilinger, Julie, 2013). Although some women have the same education and social economic background they were less likely to hold a senior position as an editor (Greenslade, Roy, 2011) and only 34.6 percent of women were newsroom supervisors (Zeilinger, Julie, 2013). On a national

technology-driven. With technology playing a major role in almost every aspect of our lives, including how we generate and consume news, newsrooms across the globe are presently in a state of change. This change can be seen in the way how news is collected, facts are checked and re-checked, and stories are created – with the help of technology. Today automation is a reality in newsrooms. Algorithms, which are processes or set of rules followed by computers, have made the process of news gathering and generation

slap in the face, but rather the use of common discretions America has chosen to acknowledge in concept but avoid in practice. As a reader, personally, it was hard to ignore the parallels drawn between Hedge’s argument and the opening scene to The Newsroom, where Jeff Daniels’ Will

residential and business customers in 41 states. Our commitment to serving customers and exceeding their expectations is the bedrock of Charter’s business strategy and it’s the philosophy that guides our 94,000 employees.” Charter Communications Newsroom (2017) Charter Communications, Inc. also known as Spectrum offers a larger number of services, and plans to meet everyone’s needs for personal and business Charter provides High Definition Television with DVR services, Internet starting at 60 Mbps

“We Are Not the Greatest Country” In this fragment from The Newsroom, Jeff Daniels and his associates are asked to shed light on why, in their opinions, America is the greatest country. His colleagues state that diversity and opportunity, as well as freedom, are reasons why our country stands out as the best. Jeff Daniels has a different opinion. He thinks that we started out great with our constitution and our declaration of independence. But argues that our country is not so great anymore. He

the ground. The mix of local and international reporters on the ground improve credibility and balance in the newsroom. The expansion of major international media organisations, like Doha-based Al Jazeera and China’s Xinhua, give different views on African stories. Al Jazeera’s main objective is to give a “voice to the voiceless”(Figenschou, 2010). Besides the diversification in the newsroom, the development of technology and its accessibility in Africa has resulted in an increase in citizen journalism

only one step in the journey for religious freedom and success. The movement is “described by historians as one of the great epics of United States history” (Monson, 10). “An estimated 70,000 Latter-day Saints made the difficult journey to Utah” (Newsroom 9). Even “despite terrible conditions the pioneers traveled over 1,000 miles to arrive in Utah” (Balinski 3). Due to this movement, future families and generations (pioneer ancestors) who made the trek are recognized and often spoken of not only

The freedom of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, written in the American Constitution have given many ethnic groups the opportunity to migrate to America. Notoriously been known as the “melting pot,” America has always had problems mixing the races. However, I argue, within the last seventy-five years, with the way media has negatively reported the news, relations among some races have been breached. This thesis seeks to analyze the motives behind media outlets, the way people interpret

women are treated in general. Although the stereotype still carries derogatory effects, we continue to see it frequently displayed or discussed within the media through television shows and movies. Television shows such as Modern Family and The Newsroom, represent their women characters as less than the men. In the movie, Mean Girls, the women characters are represented as being less indulged in their education. For