There are six different sources of power: Coercive, Reward, Legitimate, Referent, Expert and Informational.

But power gained from Expert and Informational are the only legitimate sources of power that stands the test of time and legal court.

Professionalism, in its genuine form, is the process of compiling and affirming your sources of experts and information.
#Professionalism #Journalism #CodeOfConduct

Also, how do you like this godawful thumbnail I put together on my phone using an outdated Photoshop APK, a screengrab of the stream, an old selfie, and a couple of online "png text generator" fonts? Yay for #professionalism!

Ben Smith writes about journalism and NYT:
"The Times turned over crucial elements of its reporting on one of the most difficult and sensitive stories it has ever published to amateurs, one of whose social media posts would make reasonable people question her ability to be fair.
"That sounds insane when you say it out loud. Why would you do that?"

"Institutions of all sorts are struggling to win trust in this kaleidoscopic, networked world. If you can’t do the painstaking work of presenting an incontestable truth with absolute confidence, the alternative is humility and an openness to multiple points of view."

https://www.semafor.com/article/03/03/2024/how-the-times-stumbled-on-a-sensitive-israel-story

"Military reporters at Israel’s major news outlets consistently neglect to investigate the army and its conduct. October 7 is their failure too."

"Even high-ranking Israeli military officers seem to be aware of the difference between local and foreign press. A month ago, a few such officers approached an American outlet, rather than an Israeli one, to share their concerns about the incompatibility of the goals of the ground operation in Gaza: dismantling Hamas and freeing all of the Israeli hostages."

https://www.972mag.com/israeli-journalists-pr-army-october-7/ @israel @idf

"The uneventful nature of structural violence renders it unfit for media coverage compared to kinetic violence. But the two are inextricably linked."
Alexei Sisulu Abrahams: https://www.972mag.com/structural-violence-media-israel-palestine/ @palestine

"The Jerusalem bureau has long reviewed all #CNN stories relating to #Israel and #Palestine. Now, it’s helping shape the network’s coverage of the war."

"Every CNN journalist covering Israel and Palestine must submit their work for review by the news organization’s bureau in Jerusalem prior to publication, under a long-standing CNN policy."

One member of CNN’s staff described how the policy works in practice. “‘War-crime’ and ‘genocide’ are taboo words,” the person said. “Israeli bombings in Gaza will be reported as ‘blasts’ attributed to nobody, until the Israeli military weighs in to either accept or deny responsibility. Quotes and information provided by Israeli army and government officials tend to be approved quickly, while those from Palestinians tend to be heavily scrutinized and slowly processed.”

https://theintercept.com/2024/01/04/cnn-israel-gaza-idf-reporting/ @israel

Professionalism requires reflection on the quality and effectiveness of: (1) one's own professional thinking and acting in practice; (2) the knowledge, instruments and interventions that are used.

#education
#professionalism