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    trust, such as family members or closest friends. Despite that, some individuals use their positions to take advantage of that trust. In Spotlight, a team within the Boston Globe called Spotlight investigates claims that priests are molesting children. The film follows the journalists gathering evidence of the corrupted system (Spotlight). The characters in Spotlight each act base on moral, journalistic, or legal ethics. Journalistic and legal ethics describe what individual can and cannot do due to

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    technology in managing the documents brings many benefits, but with a careless ways of handling those documents, it can cause many problems that will personally effect the administration of the hospitals itself. Article Review This article entitle “Spotlight on Electronic Health Record Errors: Paper or Electronic Hybrid Workflows” was written by Erin Sparnon on June, 2013. The Electronic Health Record (EHR) is a longitudinal electronic record of patient health data made by one or more encounters in

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    Survivor Spotlight: Sue Cirencione The Coalition sat down with young survivor Sue Cirencione to talk about life a year and a half after receiving a diagnosis of breast cancer. Over coffee on a chilly autumn day in Geneva, NY, she shared her story. Sue Cirencione is an active woman with a penchant for getting involved in her community. Balancing a happy marriage and raising three beautiful daughters while working full-time, Sue is one busy lady. You could say that her breast cancer journey began

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    The development of the phonograph is similar to the development of the Audio Spotlight. The first rudimentary machine was for recording and playing back sounds. The way it all started out was using paper strips to make a record of telegraph messages. By attaching a needle to the back of the diaphragm and mounting it above rollers for the paper strips, then putting sound to the into the mouthpiece causes the diaphragm to move. After, this causes the needle to inscribe squiggled indentations into the

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    In my opinion the best film that portrays our actual criminal justice system is Spotlight, because in the film the main characters create an illusion of being like detective in their research of the truth about child molestation and abuse. I know they are journalist doing their job but in the film is the perfect example of cop films without a cop involved only in the beginning. What also brings a point of discussion is the fact of how in crime films they portray racism and more if it’s a movie with

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    The movie Spotlight demonstrates a variety of journalistic practices and ethics shown throughout the storyline that follows an investigative team through their journey to report on the corruption within the Catholic Church. This movie portrays good journalism practices. The journalist in the movie shows good journalism practices when they are reporting such as asking good questions, asking follow up questions, and asking for consent in order to take notes. When Sacha Pfeiffer was interviewing the

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    In most cases it takes a great action to bring a real problem to light in a given situation. Something that would put a spotlight directly on the problem, Something that start conversations across the world about the given topic. These sorts of “Spotlight Actions” don’t happen as often as most people wish. However, when they do happen, they usually bring greater awareness and support to the problem at hand. There are also the same actions that draw attention a very biased side of the story, a side

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    the audio spotlight has done the same thing. The phonograph, which was the world’s first documented recording device, astounded and delighted audiences for years. The audio spotlight, which is a device used to share messages that only one person at a time can hear, has captured the attention of a new audience in the 21st century. The phonograph, which was originally marketed as an office tool, was later refined and marketed for listening to pre-recorded music. Similarly, the audio spotlight, which was

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    Perspectives on the Film “Spotlight:” A Durkheimian, Marxist, and Weberian View The documentary film “Spotlight,” directed by Tom McCarthy, retells the true story of the Boston Globe’s Spotlight investigative team’s process in exposing and reporting on child sexual abuse by Catholic priests and the church’s subsequent cover-up attempts. Throughout the film, the viewer is made to question themes of justice and morality and subvert their expectations of what it means to be a priest, lawyer, or investigative

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    Read the example in the text: Public Health Spotlight on Cardiovascular Disease. Identify as many Essential Services as possible (at least three) and show how they demonstrate the three Essential Services. Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) is a diagnosis, however, consider the functional aspects of the heart. The heart is vital for our body to function appropriately. When the heart is not operating at 100% other systems can not function properly. The heart is like the public health system, whereas

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