News Habits

I am a journalist, it is my job to be current with the news. I often find myself tuning into the television for most of my news. When I wake up in the morning I tend to watch Fox 4, or channel 8. I enjoy watching CNN at night, I am a big fan of Anderson Cooper and Lisa Ling (Oprah's international correspondent) or NBC, depending on what the topic of the hour may be.
Convenience is extremely important to me.
Since I am always on the run, I tune into NPR in my car or read the Dallas Morning News, Houston Chronicle, or Denton Record Chronicle online. I also read the New York Times, and try to access International online newspapers BBC, nationmedia.com or as well.
When I think of the news media... "politically correct" comes to mind for some reason. In my opinion there is absolutely no room for mistakes when reporting the news. In the past year more than a few radio/T.V personalities have been fired due to racial slurs. I understand being fair to all persons whether he or she may be white, black, or purple...homosexual, lesbian, or transgender. We are all equal.
To answer the question "What comes to mind when you think about news media and coverage of race, gender, sexualities or disabilities?"
I think it is the responsibility of the news, the people who are communicating the news to the public to be fair, accurate and unbiased. All of that may seem unnatainable, considering there have been more than a few Journalistic Scandals in the past 15-20 years which have ruined the credibility of news stations and it's journalists.
As a journalist, the public puts their trust and time into listening to your message. Ultimately if a journalist loses his or her credibility, they have nothing left.