"Music has power ... to set an emotional tone..."
That's exactly what we have avoid. Our job as journalist is to tell the facts, not relay emotions.

في رأيي الشخصي لا يجب أن يتم استخدام الموسيقى التصويرية مع التقارير او التحقيقات، لأن البعض يستخدم موسيقى تعمل على تغلب وجهة نظر على أخرى، وهذا ليس من أمور الحياد والموضوعية اللذان هما أساس الصحافة النزيهة.

Music creates different emotional responses in different people - that's why you can hate a song that's a chart topper. It follows that adding music to images will elicit unpredictable emotional responses in the viewing audience.
I like the old CBS policy against using ANY music with a story unless it's part of the story - like a marching band playing as the parade passes by.

Steve Sweitzer

Steve Sweitzer has it right. I was one of many instrumental in writing the CBS News Standards. Kathlyn Clore makes an exception for "feature stories". I disagree. Feature stories are news and need to live by the same standard: No music unless it is an inherent part of the story. (I smile when I think of the number of producers - me included - who used the artifice of including video of a radio in a story that became the "excuse" for a short music section. I did it but I don't condone it.) And that is the problem with Ms Clore's exception. A standard needs to be absolute, not given exceptions. I also suggest that the anonymous comment that journalism is mean to "report facts and not emotions" is also not true. Facts alone cannot tell a story. As reporters we need to convey the emotion where it is germaine to the story. That's what great writing is all about, and great camera work and editing. The challenge I often give young reporters is: "Don;t write that something is "beautiful", make me see the beauty. By he same token do not use music as an emotional crutch.
pere herford

i dont quiet agree with the idea. adding music to news stories would distrot the story eg if beyonce's all the single ladies is mixed with a story on Iran election, you know,a god number would go for the song and pay less attention to issues in the story especially where proximity factor should play a critical role to a news story such as iran which is a global concern. in my country, atleast they would go for da song. besides iran is far from most minds and hey, boynce rocks in Zambia! And people will take the story as an entertainment one even when it should raise serious concrens and debate on an issue. how are we gonna sustain playing the informative role if the publics have this perception...

Да, музыку можно подобрать так, что новости совсем иначе прозвучат.

Use of music is not good for objective reporting; for that matter i think BBC is right in stopping its use in their news. I think we need to ask ourselves what criteria we use in choosing the music to go with the news; the process of choosing must be very subjective i think. I think the music also may give connotations and different interpretation of the message. Different types of music may connote irony, judgement, condemnation, praise, etc, to different people hence the lose of objectivity of the news. Yes, we should be careful with music on the news.

هر گونه موسیقی که باعث غنا شود جایز نیست

التقارير بطبيعتها مادة مأخوذة من أحداث الواقع سواء كانت تقارير عن أخبار أو فيتشرز ، من وجهة نظرى فإن إضافة موسيقى لها يكون قد انتقص من قيمتها كثيرا . وهنا أشير إلى أهمية الأصوات الطبيعية المسجلة من المكان والتي يمكن إن أحسننا توظيفها أن تضيف معانٍ وربما معلومات للتقرير وبالتالي قيمة ومتعة في المشاهدة . لا تهملوا الناتشورال ساوند يا سادة !

من وجهة نظري الشخصيه أرى ان الموسيقى لها أثر كبير في وقع القارئ أي انك عندما تقرأ تقريرا عن شخص ما قد يكون هذا الشخص مطربا فأنك عندما تسمع الموسيقى المرافقه للتقرير ستعرف هذا المطرب حتى قبل ان تقرأ التقرير بكامله لأنك قد تكون لديك معلومات مسبقه عنه لذا سيكون من الممتع ان تستمع وتقرأ في ان واحد.قد نتطرق لموضوع اخر وهو تغطية الحروب عندما ترى مشاهد لمدن وبلدات وقرى قد دمرت وانت تتذكر ان هذه المدن والبلدات كانت تشتهر بالسابق بأحتضانها للمهرجانات وهذه المهرجانات كانت مرتبطة بأسماء هذه المدن فمن الضروري ان يكون التقرير المكتوب ممزوج بنوع خاص من الموسيقى.

Although i couldnt test-run the example given, may be due to the state of my laptop, but i go with the BBC comment. What, for instance would determine choice of music, i personally think, it would remove the seriousness of the news message.
Williams Ekanem
Nigerian Journalist

Journalist should never ad music to their reports. news with music is not news it is the most documentary in terms of objectiveness. casino online casino online casino online casino online

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