ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Annotated bibliography assignment 

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Journalism is a form of professional communication used to give current happenings and events. This annotated bibliography will focus on two areas the first will be on investigative journalism and the second area will focus on the issue of asylum seekers which is a trending topic in Australia. The mediums used are a book for the first part and the rest will be from television, online journals and newspapers.

Hugo De Burgh (2000) Investigative journalism: Some issues surrounding investigative journalism. (p.65-66) The author of this book focuses on some issues that affect investigative journalism and this is evident when he states that investigative journalism can be interpreted as simply a weapon in the battles between two competing powers, media and authority to set the public agenda. The development of investigative journalism in Britain in the 1960s and 1970s resulted in a spate of inquiries into maladministration and corruption that shocked Britons. It justified journalism by demonstrating that the public service could not be trusted but thanks to investigative journalism there is use of scrutiny to find evidence. This shows that to practice and call yourself an investigative journalist you have to be ready to face difficulties but should have skills such as scrutiny and be able to have a public opinion. I highly agree with the author because some people who are leaders use power to be corrupt and carry out deals but if we have strong journalists who do not fear they can single out this problem easily and this helps millions if citizens all over the world to know the truth that are hidden from them.

Chiara Pazzano, (2011) Asylum seekers: Where Australia stands SBS News. Retrieved from http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1295782/Asylum-seekers-Where-Australia-stands

The SBS news article and other articles from other media houses are focusing a lot on asylum seekers in Australia because it has become a common issue in the headlines. In this article the writer Chiara Pazzano is trying to establish whether asylum seekers who arrive in Australia via air are much better candidates to get citizenship and help than those arriving by boat. Australia is marked as the 47^th country with the highest refugee intake but the boat people have made the country look bad as they are always put in detention camps until their documents are well processed but most die and this under the UN is marked as poor human rights administration. This article is also trying to justify that the government has shown proof that most people arrive by air rather than using boats hence the image portrayed worldwide is actually wrong and that the detention camps are not that bad as usually seen. Hence Australia government is trying very much to change its image worldwide by giving out government figured to show that only a small number of asylum seekers arrive by boat and are forced to stay in detention camps that lead to their deaths or inhumane treatment.

ABC Radio Australia, (2012) More asylum seekers choose home over Nauru. Retrieved from http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2012-10-16/more-asylum-seekers-choose-home-over-nauru/1030942

The ABC radio recently had an interview where they were interviewing a government official on the new case that more asylum seekers prefer to take the option of going back to their war-torn countries than staying in the detention camps and facing problems. There has been a high case of asylum seekers causing self- harm due to the hardships they are facing and result in hanging of self. The asylum seekers held demonstrations asking Australia to shut down the detention camps as they are willing to return back home rather than dying in the country where they seek refuge. This story is quite unfortunate as the asylum seekers come into the country in search of protection but go through hardships in Australia to a point they prefer going back home and dying there because most have watched their friends or family kill themselves in the centers which is an awful feeling I can imagine. I kind of agree with the station that the minister in charge of this department of immigration should take charge and act because if the news is viewed internationally it is a bad image for the country in general. The faster this problem is solved the better for the country and people involved especially the suffering asylum seekers who seek help.

Pickering S. & Weber L. (2012)  If we care about asylum seekers we must count deaths in detention  Retrieved from http://theconversation.edu.au/if-we-care-about-asylum-seekers-we-must-count-deaths-in-detention-9731  

 This is a blog written by two professors from Monash University. In the blog they state that The Houston Expert Panel on Asylum Seekers was set the task of reducing deaths of asylum seekers following the mounting loss of life on the seas between Indonesia and Australia. But it remained blind to the deaths of asylum seekers in Australian custody. Australia is yet to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment that is concerned with the oversight and monitoring of detention facilities. It is true to say that the Australian ministry in charge of the asylum seekers has neglected finding the exact number of asylum seekers who have died and this is increasing as the evidence is seen when the asylum seekers in Nauru committed self- harm and nobody noticed or informed the government on this incident this is clearly negligence and this shows lack of care for the asylum seekers who endure hardship in detention centers and opt to die.

APA STYLE  REFERENCE LIST

ABC Radio Australia (2012, Oct 16) more asylum seekers choose   home over Nauru. (Radio webpage) Retrieved from http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2012-10-16/more-asylum-seekers-choose-home-over-nauru/1030942

Chiara Pazzano (2011, Feb 16) Asylum seekers: Where Australia stands (Web page article) retrieved from http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1295782/Asylum-seekers-Where-Australia-stands

Hugo De Burgh (2000) Investigative journalism: Context and practice. (p.65-67): Some issues surrounding investigative journalism.  New York, NY: Wall Street.

Pickering S. & Weber L. (2012, Oct 15) If we care about asylum seekers we must count deaths in detention. (Blogpost) Retrieved from http://theconversation.edu.au/if-we-care-about-asylum-seekers-we-must-count-deaths-in-detention-9731