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Principle No. 5

Journalists must serve as an independent monitor of power.
June 15, 2001

Principle No. 6

Journalism must provide a forum for public criticism and comment.
June 15, 2001

Principle No. 7

Journalists must make the significant interesting and relevant.
June 15, 2001

Principle No. 8

Journalists should keep the news in proportion and make it comprehensive.
June 15, 2001

Principle No. 9

Journalists have an obligation to personal conscience.
June 15, 2001

Principle No. 4

Journalists must maintain an independence from those they cover.
June 15, 2001

Principle No. 2

Journalism’s first loyalty is to citizens.
June 15, 2001

Principle No. 3

"In the end, the discipline of verification is what separates journalism from entertainment, propaganda, fiction, or art…. Journalism alone is focused first on getting what happened down right….Perhaps because the…
June 15, 2001

Principle No. 1

Journalism’s first obligation is to tell the truth.
June 15, 2001

Summer 2001: The Elements of Journalism Introduction

Four years ago, 25 of this nation’s most influential journalists came together at Harvard University with a shared sense that something was seriously wrong with their profession.“They barely recognized what…
June 15, 2001
Melissa Ludtke