Wednesday 30 September 2009

[creative-radio] The Costs of Becoming a Journalist

 

The Costs of Becoming a Journalist

Working-Class Perspectives
September 28, 2009
http://workingclassstudies.wordpress.com/

[excerpt]

A report by the British Cabinet Office released this summer offers stark
evidence of the disappearance of the working class from the journalism
profession, and the study offers some relevant observations for American
media as well.

The report, Unleashing Aspirations,
http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/media/227102/fair-access.pdf
via
http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/strategy/work_areas/accessprofessions.aspx
notes, among other things, that journalists born since 1970 predominantly
come from middle class to upper middle class backgrounds. And Journalism
ranks third in the list of the most socially exclusive professions, just
behind doctors and lawyers.

The study finds that:

Between the 1958 and the 1970 birth cohorts, the biggest decline in social
mobility occurred in the professions of journalism and accountancy. For
example, journalists and broadcasters born in 1958 typically grew up in
families with an income of around 5.5% above that of the average family;
but this rose to 42.4% for the generation of journalists and broadcasters
born in 1970.

The National Union of Journalists told the panel compiling the report that
a 2002 Journalism Training Forum poll showed that fewer than 10 per cent
of new journalists came from a working-class background and only three per
cent came from homes headed by semi-skilled or unskilled workers.

One of the many troubling findings of the report, and the one most readily
applicable to the profession here in the US, is that a prerequisite for
entrance into a career in journalism is at least one internship
experience, and that many, if not most, are unpaid. A cursory glance at
available internships here in the US reveals that of 50 intern
opportunities listed on
journalismjobs.com, only 15 offer pay. Of the 50 internships posted,
another 15 offer no pay but college credit, which at many universities,
ours included, means that doing an internship actually costs a student
tuition money. Here at YSU, students can earn six hours maximum for
internships, but at many universities, 12 to 16 are allowed, paving the
way for students to spend several thousand dollars (at least) to get an
entire academic semester of work experience.

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[creative-radio] AMARC denounces attack on community radio broadcasters in Nepal

 


AMARC denounces attack on community radio broadcasters in Nepal

September 30, 2009, Kathmandu. The World Association of Community Radio
Broadcasters AMARC denounces the attack on the reporter of community radio
station Radio Kailash in Humla in West Nepal. The attack was carried out
by a group of locals led by member of Constitution Assembly of the United
Nepal Communist Party Maoist.

On 24th of September 2009, Radio Kailash reported that distribution of
food grain in the food starved Humla district was being unfairly
influenced by Maoist assembly members and that party members were being
favored to receive the state food aid. Following the broadcast, a group of
local persons arrived and padlocked the station. It then forcefully tried
to take the reporter of the station Post Bohora to the Maoist party office
and was severely beaten when he resisted. An assembly member of the Maoist
party is believed to have led the aggressors.

AMARC Vice President for South Asia Raghu Mainali has expressed deep
anguish and objection over the incident. "This is a serious breach of
freedom of expression and safety of a broadcaster and is highly
condemnable. No one has the right to lock up a radio station or beat up a
broadcaster. There are civilized and legal ways of making protest if one
does not agree with content of broadcast," he said. Raghu pointed to the
fact that earlier incidents of violence against community radio stations
in Nepal too were mostly perpetrated by members of the Maoists party and
that the party ought to correct its ways should it genuinely care about
the rights of the common people.

- End-

AMARC is an international non-governmental organization serving the
community radio movement in over 110 countries, and advocating for the
right to communicate at the international, national, local and
neighbourhood levels. AMARC has an International Secretariat in Montreal.
It has regional sections in Africa, Latin America and Asia Pacific and
offices in Johannesburg, Buenos Aires and Kathmandu.For more information,
please visit htttp://www.amarc.org or contact amarcap@wlink.com.np

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[creative-radio] Creative Radio List Birthday, 10/2/2009, 12:00 am



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[creative-radio] Shuttered Honduran radio resumes broadcasts on Web

 

http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE58T0FI20090930

Shuttered Honduran radio resumes broadcasts on Web

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TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - The unofficial radio station of ousted Honduran
President Manuel Zelaya resumed broadcasting via the Internet on Monday, a
day after the country's caretaker government shuttered it by force.

The de facto government issued a Sunday decree suspending media freedom
and some civil liberties and sent troops on Monday to shut down Radio
Globo and a television station that backed Zelaya, ousted in a coup three
months ago.

The outside world, including U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and even
local media loyal to de facto leader Roberto Micheletti have condemned the
closures of Radio Globo and TV station Cholusat Sur, or channel 36.

On Tuesday, Radio Globo DJs played "resistance" music and took calls by
mobile phone from a cramped peach-colored bedroom in a safe house at the
end of a narrow residential alley.

Zelaya was forced into exile by a June 28 military coup but he returned
secretly last week and was given refuge in Brazil's embassy, fueling a
standoff with the government that took over after he was toppled and has
vowed to arrest him.

As the political crisis, the first serious test for U.S. President Barack
Obama in Latin America, has intensified, Micheletti has warned Brazil it
has 10 days to decide on Zelaya's fate or its embassy in Tegucigalpa will
be closed.

The media curbs have partially stifled Zelaya and his supporters, whose
near-daily protests have flagged this week.

Radio Globo Director David Romero claimed a large online audience but
admitted the station could not maintain its traditional reach.

"(Zelaya) has lost his media profile," Romero said from the makeshift
broadcast booth. "Logically, he's weakened because he does not have the
option to communicate."

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[creative-radio] Another devastation in Sumatra, Indonesia

 

Dear friends and colleagues,

A powerful underwater earthquake has struck off the city of Padang on the
coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island, killing possibly more than 70 people so
far, injuring hundreds, and destroying houses, bridges, and hospitals.
Thousands of people are still trapped in collapsed buildings.

The 7.6 magnitude earthquake on Wednesday comes just hours after a series of
tsunamis caused death and devastation on the Pacific island nations of
American and Western Samoa. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued
regional tsunami warning following the earthquake, but the warning was
canceled soon afterwards.

Indonesia's meteorological agency said the quake hit 30 miles (50
kilometers) off the coast of Padang, along the same fault line the spawned
the massive 2004 Asian tsunami that killed more than 230,000 in a dozen
countries.

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Sources: Kompas.com, detik.com, english.aljazeera.net*

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