Narrative in Journalism and Politics

Broadcaster Evan Davies and Journalist James Ball discuss how important storytelling and perspective are when developing a story within the media.
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[@nekola203]

A well defined and articulate reporter argues "that television has this awkward thing on the screen, the whole time that it's.... Reporting on something."
Evan Davis argues "that television has this awkward thing on the screen, the whole time that it's.... Reporting on something. Now let's see what our other reporters think about this perspective?"
Nothing against Evan Davis, I don't even know the guy....... but doesn't the 2 paragraphs above, basically sum up everything he does on Dragon's Den?

[@nekola203]

0:39 "pictures are concrete, so there have to be kind of concrete examples"

[@ferdinandbous8474]

So do case studies in journalism strengthen prejudices against certain social groups ?

[@smoaktree]

National Geographic does this very well

[@mevales1681]

5:37
Basically

[@ChewingGum69]

Sad