The movie spotlight portrays different elements and functions of journalism using the roles of the cast and investigating the case study of priest John Geoghan sexually abusing children and this later turned into a story by the Spotlight team. Journalism has more than meets the eye, as this essay will uncover the functions that this movie portrays of journalism by discussing the function of the media, editors, the task of a journalist, the use of sources and the elements of a good story.
Marty Baron the editor of The Boston Globe, his role is giving guidelines to subjects of case studies for journalists to write about, he is the active intelligent voice of an article, he does the editing work and fine detail before a publishment, he made the spotlight team investigate the Geoghan case as it was important to him and as a good quality of a editor is to know what the public’s interest and need are to read.
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A journalist has nothing to do with law but has to have a well balanced explanation to both issues of a story, by interviewing people you have to respect there privacy by telling them about the story for example in the movie Micheal Rezendes interviewing Garabedian he had to tell him about what and where is was writing for and