What is the purpose of journalism? From what I have learned thus far in my education and experience I feel that journalism can be broken down into several key elements. Information: a journalist must deliver information to the public. Timeliness: a journalist must deliver information in a timely manner so that the story remains relevant to the audience. Choice: a journalist must decide which stories to deliver and which to weed out. Not all stories are relevant to every audience, a stories relevance varies from person to person and place to place. Truth: a journalist must remain truthful at all times. Never is it acceptable to manipulate a story in any way, shape or form. By changing facts or details a journalist not only hurts him or her self but they also damage the relationship between the audience and themselves. Respect: this ties in with TRUTH, a journalist must have respect for the audience in order to gain the respect and trust of the audience. A journalist should never belittle the audience or the information.
That is all I have for now and I am sure I neglected to mention key aspects of journalism, I suppose that is what the comment box is for . Anyway I will be back soon.
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