Comments on: The cult of the story http://www.fixjournalism.com/education/the-cult-of-the-story/ a conversation about journalism's future Thu, 01 Sep 2011 21:17:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Michael Higdon http://www.fixjournalism.com/education/the-cult-of-the-story/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Michael Higdon Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:12:19 +0000 http://www.fixjournalism.com/?p=283#comment-133 That sounds pretty solid. I agree, telling an emotional story is less important if you can't do anything with that story. I think it'll be important to help students understand/recognize their biases and use them to their advantage while being transparent. I think it'll be very important to help students learn to become moral journalists not amoral journalists (see post on said topic). Understanding the vast importance and differences between web and print (as most of them will be obsessed with the idea of magazines and newspapers). That sounds pretty solid.

I agree, telling an emotional story is less important if you can’t do anything with that story.

I think it’ll be important to help students understand/recognize their biases and use them to their advantage while being transparent. I think it’ll be very important to help students learn to become moral journalists not amoral journalists (see post on said topic).

Understanding the vast importance and differences between web and print (as most of them will be obsessed with the idea of magazines and newspapers).

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