Learning Logs Journalism Meeting 5

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Course : Journalism 

My Learning Language Logs Meeting 5

 

Name/NIM	Meylia Putri Angesti/2088203064
Tittle/Topic	Background Research
Date & time	April 3, 2023 09.00
Source/Links	1. Smith, D. (2010). Introduction to Journalism. Student Activities Book. TEACHINGpoint. The Expert Systems for Teachers Series. United States of America.   2. Methods of Gathering News. Retrieved on April 10, 2021 from https://www.tpub.com/journalist/56.htm
Learned vocabularies	1. Discard (membuang): Kegiatan untuk menyingkirkan sesuatu yang tidak diinginkan atau dibutuhkan.(To get rid of something that you no longer want or need.) 2. Legwork (kerja keras): Sulit atau membosankan yang membutuhkan banyak waktu dan tenaga tetapi diperlukan. (Difficult or boring that takes a lot of time and effort but is necessary.) 3. Amplify (memperkuat): Untuk meningkatkan sesuatu dalam kekuatan, terutama pada suara. (To increase something in strength, especially sound.) 4. Dial (panggil): Pada jam, arloji, mesin , peralatan, atau kendaraam yang menunjukkan ukuran, waktu, jumlah, kecepatan, suhu, dan lainnya. (The face of a clock or watch, or similar control on a machine, piece of equipment or vehicle that shows a measurement of time, amount, speed, temperature, etc.) 5. Plug (steker): Untuk mengisi suatu lubang dengan bahan atau bagian dari bahan yang pas ke dalamnya. (To fill a hole with a substance or piece of material that fits tightly into it.) 6. Almanac (almanak): Buku atau sumber digital yang dirilis setiap tahun yang memberikan informasi untuk tahun itu tentang subjek atau aktivitas tertentu. (A book or digital resource that is released every year giving information for that year about a particulr subject or activity.) 7. Adequate (memadai): Cukup dalam kuantitas maupun kualitas untuk tujuan dan kebutuhan tertentu. (Enough in quantity, or good enough in quality, for a particular purpose or need.)
Learned pronunciation &parts of speech	1. Discard (/dɪˈskɑːd/) ( a verb) 2. Legwork (/ˈleɡwɜːk/) (a noun) 3.Amplify (/ˈæmplɪfaɪ/) ( a verb) 4.Dial (/ˈdaɪəl/) ( a noun) 5.Plug (/plʌɡ/) ( a verb) 6.Almanac (/ˈɔːlmənæk/) (a noun) 7.Adequate (/ˈædɪkwət/) (an adjective)
Vocabulary  incontext (Learned other language expressions that interest you)	1. Navy public affairs offices have adequate reference libraries. To do any extensive research, learn to use the facilities of the nearest Navy, public or college library.     2. Research is used to verify or amplify facts in news stories and to give depth to feature stories and magazine articles.    3. Telephone conversations may range from full-scale interviews to brief queries to verify or amplify information.     4. l Know what information you want before you dial. Keep your pencil and paper handy.      5. It saves you time, legwork and it often enables you to reach people who are ordinarily too busy to see you in person.

  

SUMMARY

                   According to Smith, D. (2010), author of “Introduction to Journalism. Student Activities Book.” states that Before composing questions to ask during an interview, it is often necessary to do some background research, either on the topic to be discussed or on the person, you are about to interview. This may involve reading previously published articles on the topic or concerning the interviewee, looking up biographies of the interviewee, or searching for information on the Internet. Several steps must be taken in investigative reporting to be able to collect information and check your sources for accuracy. Choose an administrator, counselor, or teacher whom you do not presently have for a class and find out the following information without ever asking him or her a single question. Write a mini- biography about the lecturer/teacher. The four most commonly used methods in news gathering used by Navy journalists are observation, telephone conversations, research, and interviews. Observation consists of actually seeing an event take place and then reporting what you have seen in the form of a news story. Telephone conversations may range from full-scale interviews to brief queries to verify or amplify information. Research is nothing more than digging out information from files and reference works. Research is used to verify or amplify facts in news stories and to give depth to feature stories and magazine articles.

 

REFLECTION

Having learned this knowledge about background research, I now realize, before we can interview the interviewee, we must do some research related to the topic of the interview or related to the source to be interviewed. Because I have not yet known about this knowledge, I will now need to do anything that is done in doing background research. From the selection of sources to be interviewed, questions that must be known in conducting background research to writing a mini-biography about the source or the interviewee. For me, the most important aspects were I came to know there are 4 most commonly used methods in news gathering, namely observation, telephone conversations, research, and interviews. All methods must be done so that news gathering can produce accurate information. This knowledge will be useful to me in the workplace because this writing skill in the news will be related to writing my final project later. Equally, this is probably related to where everything I write must be following the facts based on the background research that I do and can be accounted for later. I have developed my understanding of background research and other methods of news gathering.

LEARNING STRATEGIES

                        Learning strategies are several series of student activities for the learning process in achieving the goals of learning activities. Each person has a different strategy in the learning process that is done. Every time I learn something new, I have different ways to complete a duty done. First, I will make a list that contains which tasks or lessons that I will do. I used to write it in a small post it and then stick it on the study table to make it easy to see. Second, I will do it in the most comfortable place in my opinion the comfortable room is in my bedroom more precisely on the study table. Third, I am very happy to do the learning process accompanied by a quiet music. I have one playlist that I always play if I am doing the learning process where I will feel more excited in doing it. Finally, after learning has been comfortable and enjoyable then I will try to start understanding the task I am working on, such as summarizing what I have to do in an easy understand language. I think it can all help me in doing the learning process to meet the goals of the learning activities that I do.