Rubi Tiburcio

 

Throughout my time in the journalism program at URI, I have taken several courses that have empowered me to be conversant with contemporary media issues facing journalists. To practice journalism to its full capacity, the first step is to be informed about: the industry’s past and present,  topics of relevance in the media, and aware of the issues that journalists face. 

 

For my first piece of evidence, I included an essay that I wrote for my journalism ethics course which talks about how media bias can cause information to be misinterpreted by readers. The main point of this essay was to discuss how perceived bias can hurt the credibility of journalists. 

 

My second piece of evidence is a TV News Media Observation of several news outlets. The reflection was about how media bias is created, and how such bias can shape and support society’s pre-existing views. This evidence is relevant to being conversant with contemporary media issues because it exposes the root of the problem in media bias, which in turn, also hurts the credibility of journalists. 

 

My last piece of evidence was an essay for a Foundations of Journalism course that discusses how social media and fake news can hurt journalists reputation. It also talks about the downfall of traditional news outlets. This evidence demonstrates my ability to be conversant with contemporary media issues because it sparks a conversation about real threats facing journalists: social media, fake news, and the downfall of traditional news outlets.