“Journalism is our modern cartography. It creates a map for citizens to navigate society. This is its utility and its economic reason for being…. As with any map, journalism’s value…

“Every journalist—from the newsroom to the boardroom—must have a personal sense of ethics and responsibility—a moral compass. What’s more, they have a responsibility to voice their personal conscience out loud…

Principle Four

By spotlighting examples, we learn how fairness is perceived.

Fellows learn about digital technology, but wonder about its place in journalism.

Entrepreneurial reporters will gather and distribute news in new ways.

Principle Two

Excerpt from "The Elements of Journalism" by Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel. Principle Three

“…This forum function of the press would make it possible to create a democracy even in a large, diverse country by encouraging what James Madison and others considered the basis…

“… This classic way of posing the question of engagement—as information versus storytelling, or what people need versus what people want—is a distortion. This is not how journalism is practiced,…