1. I would chose to b, if the story i was investigating was of personal interest to me, otherwise i would choose a if i wasn't really interested in the story.
2. I think reporting about a crime story etc would be extremely exciting so i would probably take the risk to investigate the story.
3. I would give up my private questions if it meant i could get more information out of the other journalists. I may have a great question, but so might the other reporters.
4. The 'public' technically own the government-held information, although the government have a large say into what is allowed to be shown to the public and what isn't.
5. I would consult the news values and decide which were going to be more important in drawing in an audience and getting an interesting story.
Points of Interest
- Opinion polls are a scientific way of determining peoples viewpoints by questioning a representative sample of the population. However, opinion polls should not be taken too seriously as it doesn't consider all opinions of the public, it only shows a sample of people's opinions which could have been selected according to their opinions.
- Australian FOI laws are modelled on those of the US. FOI is extremely important in the field of journalism because it allows journalists to have access to government documents.
- Sources of news: tip offs, promotional activities, pre-schedualed public events and following up stories.
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