Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Journalism: Channel 4 News


Today I watched Channel 4 news at 5 (pm). Channel 4 is Jacksonville’s local station which covers local news. Lately with Presidential elections coming up, the station has been covering the political conventions and events. Tonight Channel 4 mostly covered the weather updates, local new updates, political news, world news about an earthquake, and even a breaking new alert about a Swat Standoff on the Westside. Some days channel 4 dose sports broadcasts and updates.

The reporters on channel 4 rarely show opinion in their reporting. Usually if opinion is show they reporters are discussing a topic or joking around with one another; they never make an opinion on important news but on little things like the weather. Before opinion is shown the reporters always make sure they cover the topic first.

 Channel 4 is good about getting first-hand information on a report. Most of the time the station has reporters on the scene and they interview witnesses. Channel 4 is also good about getting both sides of the story and not leaving out any information. The station is constantly updating its viewers about breaking news as well. I don’t think that there is anything that the news station needs to improve on. They seem to cover all that is needed. I enjoy watching channel 4 news.

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