Week 15,
April 27
CDAE 195 Propaganda, Media Ownership, and Citizen
Responsibility
CRN 13743, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Martin Luther King
Lounge (Billings)
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The Elements of Journalism are:
1. Journalism's first obligation is to the truth
2. Its first loyalty is to citizens
3. Its essence is a disipline 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 in
proportion
9. Its practitioners have an obligation to exercise
their personal conscience
10. Citizens too, have rights and responsibilities
when it comes to the news