The first professional reporter I talked to was Alan Burke, a staff reporter over at the Salem News. The first movie Alan listed was His Girl Friday. Mr. Burke said that Friday shows the “atmosphere among reporters in the business.” Of course he made mention that Friday has some terrible morals but he loved the scene where the girl jumps out the window. He loved how she told off the reporters right before she does jump, they deserved every word because for them “misery is a commodity.”
Mr. Burke’s second movie was All the President’s Men. He didn’t have too much to say about it except that the film showed the process of journalism very well. Mr. Burke made mention of how realistic it was how long they were on the phone during the movie, especially how difficult it is to interview people who don’t want to be interviewed.
The final movie that Mr. Burke listed was The Sweet Smell of Success. The movie shows how much power a newspaper can have. Burt Lancaster’s character is based off of real life columnist Walter Winchell. Mr. Burke likes the film because of how it shows that truth does a lot of damage. Mr. Burke mentioned that when he was investigating things he found out some weird stuff about people. Revealing those things in a paper could become an issue for the readers. Mr. Burke also made quick mention of The Paper. I thought it was great that every movie he listed was one that I enjoyed when we watched it for this class.
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