Public Perceptions.

I am currently working on my my second news article which I have recently posted about onto my blog about. This article will also be based on Embedded Journalism but this time instead of researching for factual information my team members and I will have to obtain the information by ourselves to develop this new article.

We will attempt to do this by carrying out surveys based on Embedded Journalism in order to find out about the perceptions of actual people, we will attempt to interview journalists, members of the Media and Communications Department at the University of Kwa - Zulu Natal, Howard as well as post graduate students of the University.

Here are examples of some of the questions that we will be asking, we will be asking people about their understanding of embedded journalism, we will be asking people if they believe that the process of embedded journalism has increased due to the war, if they believe it is objective, what embedded journalism brings to media and the society and if gaining a first hand experience at war is worth it.

Draft for my Second News Team article.

The word embedded journalism simply means journalism done "under cover or hidden". It involves journalists that get the opportunity to document war as a first hand experience. They are able to record anything on and off the battlefields, and gain a personal account from soldiers, thus creating some 'explosive' (no pun intended) media worthy stories to send around the world instantly. Basically embedded journalism transfers actual events into news.

For the purposes of this piece we have we have conducted interviews to find out more information about what actual people's views and perceptions of embedded journalism entail of.

One of the key interviews of this piece has been based on the views of Zoe Molver, from the Media and Communications Department at University of Kwa – Zulu Natal, Howard. She has a particular interest in the Iraq War. She has given a very factual and informative account of Embedded Journalism as well as her own opinion on it.

Her understanding of the Iraq war was that it was devised by the Pentagon to try and control the images and stories that go out into the media world about the war.

She believes that the Iraq War is a truly digital war, almost as if it was made for media- and this is undoubtedly true. Zoe Molver, says that although embedded journalism is very fascinating to watch, it is not authentic in its content, there are a lot of constraints placed on journalists. In relation to our broader aspect of media and press freedom, Zoe Molver seems to bring a new if not optimistic perspective to the issue of censorship. She says that while so much constraints are placed on journalists, and their work is restricted, there are nevertheless many other media sources out there that are willing and that are not afraid of letting out the truth. There are the restricted embedded reporters but there also independent embedded journalists that work on behalf of themselves, do not give up the rights to their work and broadcast it to the world without allowing it to be censored.