Thursday, May 10, 2007

Ethics beyond the newsroom


Sacrifice is a word journalists know well. Our lives revolve around other peoples’ schedules, our personal opinions are set aside at the cost of others and whatever our editors want us to do is answered with an enthusiastic yes. Most of us agree to these sacrifices for the integrity of our newspapers and ourselves as reporters. When this integrity is lost, however, our jobs become the sacrifice.
Ethics in Journalism is a subject widely discussed and argued about. I think most journalists would agree our words our are power, and when they are misused this is an abuse of power. In order to preserve our voices and maintain our right to inform the public we have to earn respect through honestly. This responsibility spreads throughout the newsroom, into the field and into the hands of the media owners and operators. Without this, we have nothing.

1 comment:

Oswald Pereira said...

I think it is naive to say that jounalists believe in sacrifice. It's only in an utopian world that journalists sacrifice - at least in today's world. For the most part, journalists only go for a story, without ever considering ethics. Journalists are becoming corrupt - the tribe of such journalists is increasing. If you want to know more about this trend, log on to http://beyondthenewsoom.wordpress.com