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Cerridwen

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17. journalism.org

Fri Sep 20, 2013, 08:56 PM

Sep 2013

1. Journalism's first obligation is to the truth

2. Its first loyalty is to citizens

3. Its essence is a discipline of verification

4. Its practitioners must maintain an independence from those they cover

5. It must serve as an independent monitor of power

6. It must provide a forum for public criticism and compromise

7. It must strive to make the significant interesting and relevant

8. It must keep the news comprehensive and proportional

9. Its practitioners must be allowed to exercise their personal conscience

link: http://www.journalism.org/resources/principles

Much more at link; this was just the bullet points and not the narrative.

Can you point out where pay and/or employment or publication is included in the definition. I may have missed it.

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If you have ever published anything anywhere then you are a journalist [View all] aolwien Sep 2013 OP

I've published fiction, short stories. Agnosticsherbet Sep 2013 #1

there is a journal function for this site aolwien Sep 2013 #2

Writing a journal doesn't make you a working journalist. Agnosticsherbet Sep 2013 #4

So your definition is if you get paid or not aolwien Sep 2013 #7

You want definitions? Agnosticsherbet Sep 2013 #11

rather elitist attitude aolwien Sep 2013 #12

No, it is my comments on a profession, which is what journalism is. Agnosticsherbet Sep 2013 #13

journalism.org Cerridwen Sep 2013 #17

I don't see anything in your list Jenoch Sep 2013 #29

what sort of agenda? reddread Sep 2013 #31

I've never seen a blog like that. Jenoch Sep 2013 #39

do you have cable? reddread Sep 2013 #40

You're way off topic. Jenoch Sep 2013 #48

A profession requires lengthy specialized education and... meaculpa2011 Sep 2013 #51

Using your own standards it's not opinion ,it's journalism. sufrommich Sep 2013 #36

I have written for trade publications in the past Sherman A1 Sep 2013 #3

Okay, let me try ... frazzled Sep 2013 #5

OK aolwien Sep 2013 #6

whoosh frazzled Sep 2013 #23

In a world in which 6 mega corporations own 90+% of everything on television, radio and publishing Uncle Joe Sep 2013 #45

+1 And that's the bottom line. Egalitarian Thug Sep 2013 #53

Rupert Murdoch reddread Sep 2013 #8

Ridiculous. zappaman Sep 2013 #9

I really don't see the difference aolwien Sep 2013 #10

Maybe but you might just be an author or a blogger maddezmom Sep 2013 #14

ann coulter, rush limbaugh, bill o'reilly, Cerridwen Sep 2013 #15

qualifications of a real journalist reddread Sep 2013 #16

I was on TV once, but I didn't see it. Taitertots Sep 2013 #18

I have had a couple of travel articles, RebelOne Sep 2013 #19

False. Zadoc Sep 2013 #20

double false aolwien Sep 2013 #22

worked for newspapers and magazines reddread Sep 2013 #21

Jeff Gannon ProSense Sep 2013 #24

Allison Kilkenny, Rania Khalek, Amanda Marcotte, John and Molly Knefel. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #46

Well, ProSense Sep 2013 #47

So basically everyone is a journalist. Bonx Sep 2013 #25

almost anyone could be reddread Sep 2013 #28

Interesting, I've published a couple of things, gopiscrap Sep 2013 #26

Welcome to DU gopiscrap Sep 2013 #27

Journalism is .... Scuba Sep 2013 #30

Very unlikely to be Orwell who said that muriel_volestrangler Sep 2013 #32

yet the sentiment is completely authentic reddread Sep 2013 #41

lots of relevance in the life and work of this man reddread Sep 2013 #33

Thomas Paine was not a journalist,nor would he call sufrommich Sep 2013 #34

phony? reddread Sep 2013 #35

Way to make a term meaningless. ladyVet Sep 2013 #37

better to start from that direction (all can be) reddread Sep 2013 #38

You become a journalist the same way you become a Democrat: you decide to be one. nt bemildred Sep 2013 #42

Thank you. woo me with science Sep 2013 #43

Seems obvious to me, I don't know where people get the idea you need permission. nt bemildred Sep 2013 #44

Always wondered about reddread Sep 2013 #49

I don't think so. HappyMe Sep 2013 #50

Whether you are or whether you aren't, Benton D Struckcheon Sep 2013 #52

exactly reddread Sep 2013 #54