The relevant journalism film that I chose was nightcrawler starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Lou Bloom, Who is a hard-working cameraman who works tirelessly to get the “money shot”
Lou is a little hard on cash but is ambitious and quickly turns his career into another session once he finds out how well local news stations pay for his glory money shot of crimes car accidents and death scenes. I think this movie was a good representation of the way loose stations will pick controversial stories and sensationalize them for ratings and views. Instead of focusing on spreading awareness in the community, they are hyper-focused on generating revenue,
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