In my experience in writing for the Creightonian my articles were very much so derived from dialogue. My interviews were mostly more like conversation, and I would pull thoughts, quotes and ideas from these interviews and plug them into my articles. In class we addressed the who, what, when, why, where and how so we would cover all of the bases to be a credible and fact filled writer. I think it really depends on the news source to point out what is missing, but I do think general news reports could be more detailed. I believe sources that are believable. If the sources are online I first check that the cite comes from a .org, .edu, or .gov because those are the most credible domains. However, you still have to be careful. For example, I wouldn't rely on a Wikipedia page because anyone can go on any of the pages and write anything whether it’s true or false. Wikipedia's domain is a .gov. If the source is a person I would check how close they are to the certain topic. For example, I wouldn't ask a teacher how their student debt is affecting them while they are taking classes. I think it’s not necessarily about journalism doing it better, but journalists themselves doing it better. On the other hand, journalism mediums shouldn't print or post anything that comes across as not credible. There are many factors that makes news credible; credible sources, in depth fact checking, and unbiased thinking, among many others factors. I think another important factor is when the news is consistent. You can’t trust news that is credible half the time. If I really had to know something where I would turn would depend on what I wanted to know. If I heard that Kim Kardashian broke her arm, I would turn to her Instagram page because she updates it frequently. If I heard the United States bombed a country, I would turn to credible sources like CNN or MSNBC because they would most likely be covering the incident. I would try and get my information directly from the source, or from a media outlet that is credible.
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