Answer to Question #207433 in English for AzoAce

Question

1. List an explain the 10 element of journalism?

2. Explain Bill Hanson and VVJ definitions of investigative journalism?

Answer 1

·     Its first loyalty is to citizens.

·     Its essence is a discipline of verification

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

·     It must serve as an independent monitor of power.

·     Journalism’s first obligation is the truth

·     It must provide a forum for public criticism and compromise

·     It must strive to keep the significant interesting and relevant

·     It must keep the news comprehensive and proportional

·     Its practitioners must be allowed to exercise their personal conscience

·     Citizens, too, have rights and responsibilities when it comes to the news

Investigative journalism involves unveiling matters concealed deliberately by those in power or accidentally behind a chaotic mass of facts and circumstances and the exposure and analysis of all relevant facts to the public.