Book Review A Simplified Guide to Precisio Journalism and Writing

Book Title:  A simplified guide to Precision Journalism and Writing

In addition to a distinct introduction and conclusion, this chapter one, the introduction critically examine, precision journalism ranging from journalism and scientific tradition, where craft meets.  Theory, beyond objectivity, journalism and science, what to do with data and reality testing.

Journalism and scientific tradition here the author is saying that for one to become a journalist.  That things like dedication to truth, platy of energy and some talent for writing are needed but there are not just enough because of the nature of the world that has become so complicated and the handy world to be a distinguisher, a transmitter, organizer, interpreter and also a person who can gather facts and deliver it and who knows how to get information into print and air.

He further noted that some popular journals of media criticism are based on repeated complaints about modern journalism which misses important stores, two department on press release and can be manipulated by politicians and does not communicate the happenings in a desired result.  This happens not because of any other thing but because of failures in application of information science and the rest and for this reason the journalist have to make do with elements such as 

That the application of social and behaviourial science research method in precision journalism found ready market.  That the acceptance of this concept in academic was a part to its contribution to the cure of problem between the green eyeshade and chi-square factions.  This demonstrated the applicability of social science research method to the real problem of news gathering in the society, and produces work that both the researched and the craft people can appreciate and tools such as sampling, computer analysis and statistical inference increases the traditional power of the reporter without charging the nature the journalist mission.  He made it clear that precision journalism threatened the twin tradition of journalistic passivity and journalistic innocence that the former tradition is of the view that media should report news not make news while the media is the opinion that report should be someone who has a first hand observation of everything.