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Monday, March 5, 2012

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Choices and consequences are two sides of the same coin. One without the other does not simply seem lame, but non-existent. Their relationship is not just peanut butter and jelly, it is deeper than that. Always connected a consequence follows a choice like a caboose behind the engine. Journalism of verification deals directly with choices and consequences. Every journalist can make three good decisions to:
Be Objective: There is never a good time for a journalist to be opinionated. When a journalist writes they represent much more than their personal views. Audiences are reading to receive the news, not to read your opinion. Everyone has an opinion, so an opinion is not news. Instead of sharing an opinion journalist should share news that allows others to form their own opinion. 
Be Transparent: Be honest in your dealings http://www.lds.org/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/98.10?lang=eng#9. Honesty will make your job much easier in the long run. Lying can often appear to bring immediate success, but covering up a lie can cause more work in the long run than it is worth. Be honest and you will have no problem defending your positions.
Be Original http://www.wikihow.com/Be-Original: Fabricating or copying a story won't help you be successful in journalism. People talk about the news they read, and eventually unoriginal work will be uncovered. The consequences of being caught are much too great to cover the benefits.
Disgraced: Once your reputation is tarnished it will never be repaired.
Disrespected: Without respect a journalist cannot effectively find and report stories. 
Jobless: Journalism is a competitive field; any big mistake will put you out of a job.
Distrusted: It takes a lifetime to build trust and a second to lose it. A loss of trust will ruin your career. 
Choices and consequences are always working side by side. If you make the right choices you won't be hurt by the other side of the coin.  
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