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Vishaljain23231 Posted 12 years ago
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The passage given below is followed by a set of questions. Choose the most appropriate answer to each question.
Last week there was a story filed from Islamabad on trade between India and Pakistan across the Line of Control. Some readers have taken objection to the use of the terms ‘Indian occupied Kashmir’ and ‘Azad Jammu and Kashmir’ while quoting Pakistan’s foreign affairs spokesperson. Newspapers have inherent difficulties in describing contested territories while adhering to the fundamental rules of reporting. In this case, the terms were not an invention of the reporter and the story was a faithful report of the Pakistani side of the story. The reporter has not endorsed it but merely reported a statement.
In the last two decades, there had been constant interactions between journalists from India and Pakistan about fair coverage of Kashmir, which has been trapped in the nationalistic narratives of the two neighbours. In 2005, when some of the influential editors of Indian and Pakistani media met at Istanbul, one of the issues they discussed was what the media can do to lower cross-border tensions and change the prevailing attitude of confrontation to reconciliation. They came up with a suggestion to use terms that capture the reality rather than the respective countries’ stated positions. Accordingly, for a very short period, many media outlets, both in India and in Pakistan, used ‘India Administered Kashmir’ instead of ‘India Occupied Kashmir’ and ‘Pakistan Administered Kashmir’ instead of ‘Pakistan Occupied Kashmir’. But soon, the nationalist narratives gained precedence over the terminological exactitude.
In this context, I also realise my own transition from a journalist to an ombudsman. The crucial difference between a journalist and an ombudsman is the source, the beginning point, from which their respective writings flow. While journalists report on events and developments, ombudsmen write about the quality of journalistic writings, and whether they adhere to the prescribed standards and whether they stand up to the meticulous scrutiny of informed readers. Journalistic skills evolved over a period of three centuries and best practices have now been well documented and have become curriculum in various journalism schools across the world. But, literature about ombudsman-ship is not so rich. We, about hundred odd ombudsmen, learn from each other’s experience to hone our skills.
One of the interesting voices I follow is Craig Silverman, an award-winning journalist and the founder of Regret the Error, a blog that reports on media errors and corrections, and trends regarding accuracy and verification. The Poynter Institute, where he is an adjunct faculty, hosts his blog
Which of the following questions would you ask the author at the end of the passage?
a How does the example of the blog, Regret the Error, reflect how ombudsmen learn from each other and attempt to improve the standards of journalism?
b How does the blog, Regret the Error, help monitor high standards of journalistic reporting?
c Which other examples could you present to reflect how ombudsmen try to learn from each other in order to improve their skills?
d What is your perspective on the availability of documentation of best practices for journalism versus that available for ombudsmen?
My answer was option C.
The passage given below is followed by a set of questions. Choose the most appropriate answer to each question.
Last week there was a story filed from Islamabad on trade between India and Pakistan across the Line of Control. Some readers have taken objection to the use of the terms ‘Indian occupied Kashmir’ and ‘Azad Jammu and Kashmir’ while quoting Pakistan’s foreign affairs spokesperson. Newspapers have inherent difficulties in describing contested territories while adhering to the fundamental rules of reporting. In this case, the terms were not an invention of the reporter and the story was a faithful report of the Pakistani side of the story. The reporter has not endorsed it but merely reported a statement.
In the last two decades, there had been constant interactions between journalists from India and Pakistan about fair coverage of Kashmir, which has been trapped in the nationalistic narratives of the two neighbours. In 2005, when some of the influential editors of Indian and Pakistani media met at Istanbul, one of the issues they discussed was what the media can do to lower cross-border tensions and change the prevailing attitude of confrontation to reconciliation. They came up with a suggestion to use terms that capture the reality rather than the respective countries’ stated positions. Accordingly, for a very short period, many media outlets, both in India and in Pakistan, used ‘India Administered Kashmir’ instead of ‘India Occupied Kashmir’ and ‘Pakistan Administered Kashmir’ instead of ‘Pakistan Occupied Kashmir’. But soon, the nationalist narratives gained precedence over the terminological exactitude.
In this context, I also realise my own transition from a journalist to an ombudsman. The crucial difference between a journalist and an ombudsman is the source, the beginning point, from which their respective writings flow. While journalists report on events and developments, ombudsmen write about the quality of journalistic writings, and whether they adhere to the prescribed standards and whether they stand up to the meticulous scrutiny of informed readers. Journalistic skills evolved over a period of three centuries and best practices have now been well documented and have become curriculum in various journalism schools across the world. But, literature about ombudsman-ship is not so rich. We, about hundred odd ombudsmen, learn from each other’s experience to hone our skills.
One of the interesting voices I follow is Craig Silverman, an award-winning journalist and the founder of Regret the Error, a blog that reports on media errors and corrections, and trends regarding accuracy and verification. The Poynter Institute, where he is an adjunct faculty, hosts his blog
Which of the following questions would you ask the author at the end of the passage?
a How does the example of the blog, Regret the Error, reflect how ombudsmen learn from each other and attempt to improve the standards of journalism?
b How does the blog, Regret the Error, help monitor high standards of journalistic reporting?
c Which other examples could you present to reflect how ombudsmen try to learn from each other in order to improve their skills?
d What is your perspective on the availability of documentation of best practices for journalism versus that available for ombudsmen?
My answer was option C.
Top answer
This post reflects the difficulty with multiple-choice tests. Some or all of the answers might be possible, but you have to pick the one best answer of those given - this can be very tricky. Here all four choices are reasonable and relate to the article, but I would choose d.
- This post reflects the difficulty with multiple-choice tests.
- Some or all of the answers might be possible, but you have to pick the one best answer of those given - this can be very tricky.
- Here all four choices are reasonable and relate to the article, but I would choose d.
- The reason is that a and b are almost the same question, and so that seems to eliminate both as choices for the best answer.
- C is quite possible, but this is a question you're going to ask the writer, an ombudsman, and so the question would likely cover what most concerns the author.
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This post reflects the difficulty with multiple-choice tests. Some or all of the answers might be possible, but you have to pick the one best answer of those given - this can be very tricky. Here all four choices are reasonable and relate to the article, but I would choose d. The reason is that a and b are almost the same question, and so that seems to eliminate both as choices for the best ans
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