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Comments on: What if we are part of the voiceless community? https://blog.webjournalist.org/2011/06/27/what-if-we-are-part-of-the-voiceless-community/ Tech. Culture. Journalism. Fri, 15 Jun 2012 04:19:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: Robert https://blog.webjournalist.org/2011/06/27/what-if-we-are-part-of-the-voiceless-community/#comment-273 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:33:21 +0000 http://blog.webjournalist.org/?p=1587#comment-273 In reply to Keta.

Well, I’d say you have to remember why you got interested in journalism… always keep that in mind. And, if you want to improve it, then you need to roll up your sleeves and help change it. This is often quite frustrating, but if not us, then who?

Chances are you’ll find these same challenges in Costa Rica and in any industry… we’re at an incredible intersection in media evolution. You can help shape it… or you can bail. Your call.

That said… thanks for your comment!

]]> By: Stephanie DeCamp https://blog.webjournalist.org/2011/06/27/what-if-we-are-part-of-the-voiceless-community/#comment-272 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 05:05:10 +0000 http://blog.webjournalist.org/?p=1587#comment-272 Excellently written! I agree very much with your viewpoints on the matter, and love your use of the word ‘communities’ in doing so. I do have one thought to bring up though, and I hope it isn’t too far off subject, diverting the topic to another altogether. If you’d like you can delete the comment altogether for it’s irrelevance to the conversation. But bear with me— it was prompted by LiciB’s words “That doesn’t mean we are bad people or bad journalists. That just means we are human.”

If one were to take out the word ‘journalists’ and insert the word ‘politicians’ … Well, what would you think of that? The idea has been proven through the ages (just look at the exploits of Benjamin Franklin or JFK), that one need not be ‘squeaky clean’ to be good, or excellent, at what they do. And while I don’t condone a silencing or control of the press as there was in those days regarding those expoits, might we consider this viewpoint as a way to counteract the sensationalism we see in the media now? What if we were to take these thoughts about ourselves, and insert them into other viewpoints we may have regarding such immense subjects as politics and religion?

]]> By: Keta https://blog.webjournalist.org/2011/06/27/what-if-we-are-part-of-the-voiceless-community/#comment-271 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 03:33:01 +0000 http://blog.webjournalist.org/?p=1587#comment-271 Thanks for this post. After reading the aforementioned story (Vargas) and the comments being made by journalists and people in general two things became explicitly clear to me:
1) After 3 years of hard work and a 3.89 GPA from an accredited j-school, I don’t want to be a news journalists.
2) I will complete this last year of school and try to find a less critical place to live- say Costa Rica.
I can’t stand this ‘Holier-than-thou’ crap in America. Folks always worried about what everyone else is doing and then of course putting their two cents in on why it’s the wrong thing to be doing. I can’t, and wont, take it.
Adios.

]]> By: jackie b diaz https://blog.webjournalist.org/2011/06/27/what-if-we-are-part-of-the-voiceless-community/#comment-270 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 03:29:19 +0000 http://blog.webjournalist.org/?p=1587#comment-270 @Monica
I wish u all the best in ur endeavors : )

]]> By: Robert https://blog.webjournalist.org/2011/06/27/what-if-we-are-part-of-the-voiceless-community/#comment-269 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:44:40 +0000 http://blog.webjournalist.org/?p=1587#comment-269 In reply to Kiah Haslett.

Yes, there are many examples and I had to cut a few for pacing and length. I had no idea “Lau” was connect to mail-oder brides. What a great way to honor your grandmother and her decision!

]]> By: Jackie Gil https://blog.webjournalist.org/2011/06/27/what-if-we-are-part-of-the-voiceless-community/#comment-268 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:38:49 +0000 http://blog.webjournalist.org/?p=1587#comment-268 Robert,

I admire your courage. As a young journalist, you are always told to be as politically correct in practically everything because it can hurt your career. I can relate to your story in some many ways. So not only do you live in fear of losing credibility, but also losing your job! It takes someone with “muchos cojones” to do that and I truly admire that. Thanks for sharing this post.

]]> By: Robert https://blog.webjournalist.org/2011/06/27/what-if-we-are-part-of-the-voiceless-community/#comment-267 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:33:00 +0000 http://blog.webjournalist.org/?p=1587#comment-267 In reply to Mekahlo.

Mekahlo, Thanks for responding!

As I said, I don’t know who “wjchat” is because they did not really identify themselves. They used the name of the Twitter chat I co-organize.

It’s interesting how a quote or an image can be taken out of context, and people’s projects and assumptions can misinterpret things.

Thanks again for commenting and responding!

]]> By: Kiah Haslett https://blog.webjournalist.org/2011/06/27/what-if-we-are-part-of-the-voiceless-community/#comment-266 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:23:23 +0000 http://blog.webjournalist.org/?p=1587#comment-266 Great post, Robert, and you made some good points. You failed to mention obvious examples such as: should students not write for a student newspaper because they are part of the community they cover? same thing for female reporters/feminists covering women’s rights.

I decided to add my mother’s maiden name to my byline this spring. By putting in “Lau,” I share a little part of my grandmother’s decision to be a mail-order bride to come to the U.S. and the immigrant story that she and my grandfather started. I consider it my “coming out.”

]]> By: Mekahlo https://blog.webjournalist.org/2011/06/27/what-if-we-are-part-of-the-voiceless-community/#comment-265 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:07:46 +0000 http://blog.webjournalist.org/?p=1587#comment-265 Hi, I’m Mekahlo (who you mentioned your post).
Id just like to point out some facts for the record.
The poster is a Shepard Fairey print, but not the one used in the Arizona issue.
This print was auctioned off by the Asian American Legal Defense Fund. It was part of a series of prints designed by Fairey and Ernesto Yerena originating from photographs taken during the historic 2006 may day march.
Out of fame, I have a framed picture of the LATimes the night Obama was elected, another framed newspaper the day 9-11 happened and currently have a frame LATimes the day Osama Bin Laden was killed.
I believe these items reflect history, not biased.

To the print in question, Fairey took this print and re-purposed it for the Arizona protest.
If you look at the video, the show was recorded in October of 2009. The AZ law his re-purposed print fights against was sign in April 2010. I believe the AZ print first made it’s appearance in the summer of 2010.

I understand you saw this video after the re-purposed print became more popular than its original… So, I totally understand you need to go “uh?”

I just wanted to take the time to explain.

@wjchat (a fake name -RH)

]]> By: Monica https://blog.webjournalist.org/2011/06/27/what-if-we-are-part-of-the-voiceless-community/#comment-264 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:05:50 +0000 http://blog.webjournalist.org/?p=1587#comment-264 Robert, you are so right. It is our job as journalists to give a voice to the voiceless but so often in our newsrooms when we try we are told that we have a specific agenda. In my case, I’m a Latina that worked in CNN’s newsroom and when I brought up positive stories of Latinos, immigration, hoping to shed a different perspective as oppose to the drug wars that is so popular, I was often accused of having a Latino agenda. My supervisor labeled me the “journalist for the underdogs.” But, isn’t it our jobs to give write about the plight of our communities, regardless of what and who they are. That’s the whole purpose I became a journalist, to give my community a voice and a positive voice. I no longer work at CNN and hope to launch a career as a freelance journalist writing about Latino issues that mainstream media is ignoring because they rather cover the sensationalism of the narcos and drug wars. Great piece!

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