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With Child-Care Stories, It Still Comes Down to Mothers

Negative findings grab the headlines.

A Bullet, a Boy, a Story, and a Reporter’s Observations

A journalist with an injured family member witnesses the press in action.

Principle No. 5

Journalists must serve as an independent monitor of power.

Principle No. 6

Journalism must provide a forum for public criticism and comment.

Principle No. 7

Journalists must make the significant interesting and relevant.

Principle No. 8

Journalists should keep the news in proportion and make it comprehensive.

Principle No. 9

Journalists have an obligation to personal conscience.

Principle No. 4

Journalists must maintain an independence from those they cover.

Principle No. 2

Journalism’s first loyalty is to citizens.

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…