Journalism Assignment: News Sources, Magazine Audit, and Censorship

This report addresses key aspects of journalism. It begins by examining the origins of news stories and the diverse sources of information, as well as how journalists operate in the modern era. The report then conducts an audit of magazines, focusing on a specific publication (Australian Publishing Resource), and analyzes its news values and stylistic qualities. Finally, it delves into the complex issue of censorship, exploring the circumstances under which it might be considered in the public interest, and the different types of censorship certificates. The report provides insights into the roles of journalists, the characteristics of various publications, and the ethical considerations surrounding media content.

Running head: JOURNALISM
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Name of Student
Name of University
Author’s Note

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Answer 1
News are generally extracted from various sources, these sources include press releases
by one or another group, press conferences, some events that are scheduled like sporting events
elections, graduations, plays, school board meetings, news stories that were broadcast the
previous night by an of their competitors, and many more. They are also extracted from various
articles published on local papers, national new events and many more.
Usually journalists are specialized in a specific task but in many cases journalists carry
out different tasks. The ways by which journalists work are as follows
 Report the news: news is firstly reported from various sources.
 Edit the news: news is then edited depending on situation and field of news.
 Writers: writers write up the news in a way that it is eye catching and makes
people curious.
Answer 2
The publication that has been selected for carrying out the audit is Australian Publishing
Resource service. Magazines of this particular publication are available throughout Australia.
For more than 10 years this publication has been one of the most successful publishers of various
industry specific publications. This group of publishers publishes magazines on fields like
entertainment, education, films, science, lifestyle, government, education and many more. It also
provides a huge variety of media opportunities to help in promoting various services and
products.

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Their new values and stylistic qualities are as follows
 Content: the content included in the magazines of this particular publication is very
selective. They do not enter useless content in order to increase the number of pages.
 Style: the style of writing present in their magazines is very simple and detailed. Any
information is never incomplete; they provide data along with its source.
 Target audience: this publication publishes magazines for audiences of all categories.
Their magazines are read by children, youngsters as well as elderly people. They contain
content that targets audience from every generation.
 Display of ads: magazines of this publication do not contain more or useless ads.
Advertisements regarding jobs, fitness, health and necessary topics are included.
Answer 3
Censorship is a term that defines the act where newspaper, magazines or television field
cannot publish or show things that promote vulgarity, obscene and objectionable material. These
things are usually encountered by people in their everyday life but they cannot be promoted in
public platforms. Censorship of information is carried out to some extent at public interest. This
is because there are various incidents that portray violence or vulgarity, now if these incidents
are mentioned on news papers or magazines and people read it, they might have disliking
towards the publication. These sort of data, if read by people belonging to criminal background
might provide them ideas for committing serious crimes in future. It also affects children; this
information might also give ill ideas to children for performing vulgar or violent activities.
Hence censoring information is done on public interest. There are four types of censor

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certificates provided to data; they are U certificates, U/A certificates, A certificates and S
certificates.