Corporation media V.S Democracy Journalism

                    The only cheery journalism news of the past year was the revolt of Manchester United fans blocking Rupert Murdoch from buying their football club. Otherwise, things are dreary. AOL plans to absorb Time Warner, and the Tribune Company, which owns an undisclosed portion of AOL, swallows the Times Mirror Company. This is the latest chapter in an old story: the disappearance of an independent press, of journalism itself, into the information and entertainment industry. Where are the fans of journalism, and should we be concerned?  says James W. Carey

            The situation of the press is paradoxical. There is more good journalism about, in all media, but such journalism is harder to find because it is surrounded and submerged in the trivial and inconsequential. Much first-class investigative work is going on, but the big stories, the fateful stories, are escaping journalists. Media are more powerful and resourceful than ever, but political participation and attentiveness to the news continues to decline. There are many more skillful, better paid and educated journalists these days, but they have less control over the conditions of their work and are less free than in the past. Journalists are afforded more legal protection than ever, but are simultaneously more pious and reverent to the business and celebrity classes.

Before reading this article i did't fully understand but this helped me . i collected my information from http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reports/article/101943/Journalism-and-Democracy-Are-Names-for-the-Same-Thing.aspx

The voiceless victims of sex

                                                              The Voiceless Victims of Sexism 

Today Im going to talk about a sex trafficking victim named Jasmine Marina-Fiandaca . Jasmine was miss lead by a 'very 

seductive, very promising' man , it went from wanting to be her boyfriend to beating and intimidating her into slavery for 

the next seven years.Jasmine Marino-Fiandaca was 18 years old and part of a big working-class family in Revere, 

Mass., when she says she was targeted by a man whom she thought was her boyfriend.It wasn't before long, however, that 

manipulation turned into enslavement.She was beaten, intimidated, and ultimately forced to do things she never would have 

dreamed of doing.Her first job — she says she remembers like it was yesterday — was working 10 a.m. to 1 a.m. shifts at a 

massage parlor in Connecticut, every day.The work was admittedly appalling but its quick pay, she said, was exhilarating for 

someone being just 18 years old.That was until her shift ended and that money she made was taken from her.No longer was 

this man caring for her, but controlling her, she realized. This young woman was voiceless , not only was she voiceless she 

was beaten and betrayed but she is not the only one that has been through this . she is a lucky woman because many victims 

of this act are not identified. according tohttp://www.caseact.org/ the Percentage of victims identified: 0.4% (not 

even 1%).  sex trafficking is a global problem and should not be ignored . Her purpose is to tell her 

story so other girls so the same thing will not happen to them . She then had a voice when she shared 

her story.

Police brutality in "the ghetto"

Today im going to  be writing about a boy I discovered named Fred. He  was apart of the wrongly doing of the government , which was moving people out of a neighborhood into a ghetto in Sydney Australia . Inside of this ghetto there are tons of problems that occur, but the one that stood out to  me was the police brutality. Fred stated that his friend was riding around the neighborhood and the police decided to mess with him and in the mist of it they hit him with the police car and he flies onto a gate and dies. police brutality doesn't just occur in one place in the world it also happens here in America. as fred stated "they think we don't know our rights" well A Santa Monica college student is suing the Los Angeles Police Department for use of excessive force, alleging that officers beat and tased him despite the fact that he was unarmed and not resisting arrest.Security footage of the night in question, Oct. 22, shows that Oghogho was holding a beer bottle wrapped in a paper bag. He and his friend were crossing the street when an unmarked police car slowed to approach him.

According to Oghogho, a police officer asked him what he was holding and then pushed him. Oghogho admits to CBS2 that he put a hand on the officer's chest to say, "stop."That's when things got violent. The video shows two police officers on top of Oghogho, using their fists and a baton to deliver multiple blows to his face and body. As the beating continues, more police officers arrive on the scene and surround Oghogho, watching as he is repeatedly slammed against a fence and the ground."The whole time they're doing it, I hear one officer keep punching me in my face," recalled Oghogho. "He's telling me, 'stop resisting arrest, stop resisting arrest, stop resisting arrest.' And all I can say to myself is, 'I'm not resisting.' "The confrontation ended when an officer tased Oghogho.  Overall police brutality is a world wide problem.