JOUA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Arianna Huffington, The Wall Street Journal, Peggy Noonan
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Journalism: for whom, by whom: who is a journalist, one"s education as well as skills plays a huge role in whether they consider their work journalistic. Journalism should also shine a light on what is working, so people can act on their innate desire to help their neighbor and make their communities, and their world, a better place" (arianna. "a journalist is a person professionally engaged in attempting to gather and publish information on issues of broad public interest. He or she operates in a public forum, such as a newspaper, website, blog, magazine, newsletter, broadcast or cable network. A journalist knows and adheres to the rules and traditions of his profession; he reports within certain guidelines, such as striving for accuracy, playing it straight, not making things up. Ideally, he is familiar with this history and literature of his profession.