Topic: The Elements of Journalism

'The News Has Become the News’
Influential voices spotlight failures and remedies for today’s journalists.
By Michael Getler

A Newspaper Strives to Make Its Coverage Complete
The new approach works but reporters feel constricted by its rigidity.
By Mike Connor

Journalists Engage Readers By Learning Who They Are
Newsrooms should know more than marketers do about their audiences.
By Melanie Sill

Journalists Need Help With Ethical Decisions
In today’s newsrooms, there are plenty to be made.
By Carol Marin

KGUN9 Viewers’ Bill of Rights
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Is Journalism Losing Its Place in the Boisterous Public Forum?
An editor finds an appetite for serious conversation. Media ought to respond.
By Christine Chinlund

Refusing to Take the Easier Route
Journalists have an important social contract to uphold.
By Mark G. Chavunduka

Making Truth an Idea That Journalists Can Believe in Again
‘Every journalist knows that truth can make nonnegotiable demands.’
By Jack Fuller

Retaining Independence Isn’t Easy for Journalists
But protection of sources can cheat the public and betray the truth.
By Robert Blau

The Pursuit of Truth Can Be Elusive in Africa
Independent journalists are branded unpatriotic and anti-government.
By Gwen Lister

The Absence of Memory Hurts Journalism
Short-term investors stifle investment in long-term and necessary research.
By Philip Meyer

Why Has Journalism Abandoned Its Observer’s Role?
‘The mirrorer was viewed as fat to be trimmed, and was.’
By Jon Franklin

Accuracy Must Be Our Journalistic Grail
Editors at The Oregonian make writers pause and verify before publication.
By Michele McLellan

Determining the Line Between Fact and Fiction
In broadcast news, compelling TV and good journalism can coexist.
By Olive Talley

In Crisis, Journalists Relinquish Independence
‘Ideological biases can overtake the desire to be independent.’
By Ying Chan

Investigative Journalism Can Still Thrive at Newspapers
It requires fierce determination, hard work, some guerrilla tactics, and thick skin.
By Loretta Tofani

Inviting Viewers to Enter the Newsroom
With its Viewers’ Bill of Rights, KGUN9-TV in Arizona broke new ground.
By Forrest Carr

Loving and Cussing: the Family Newspaper
It’s a place where community and citizens come before big profits.
By Brandt Ayers

Press Failure to Watchdog Can Have Devastating Consequences
Every news organization should monitor the powerful in the public interest.
By Murrey Marder

When the Public Speaks, Do Journalists Listen?
‘I don’t recognize myself or anyone I know in your newspaper.’
By Geneva Overholser