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Journalim a a dicipline of verification
Journalit often decrie the eence of their work a finding and preenting “the fact”
and alo “the truth aout the fact.”
The alo decrie uing certain method – a wa of working – which ill Kovach and Tom
Roentiel decrie in The lement of Journalim a a cientific-like approach to getting
the fact and alo the right fact.
Called the Dicipline of Verification, it intellectual foundation ret on three core concept
– tranparenc, humilit, and originalit.
Tranparenc mean how our work o reader can decide for themelve wh the
hould elieve it.
Don’t allow our audience to e deceived act of omiion — tell them a much a ou
can aout the tor the are reading.
Tell the audience what ou know and what ou don’t know. Never impl that ou have
more knowledge than ou actuall do.
Tell the audience who our ource are, how the are in a poition to know omething,
and what their potential iae might e.
Tranparenc ignal the journalit’ repect for the audience. It allow the audience to
judge the validit of the information, the proce which it wa ecured and the motive
and iae of the journalit providing it.
Thi make tranparenc the et protection againt error and deception ource. If the
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et information a journalit ha come from a potentiall iaed ource, naming the ource
will reveal to the audience the poile ia – and ma inhiit the ource from attempting to
deceive ou a well.
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The journalit’ jo i to provide information in uch a wa that people can ae it and
then make up their own mind what to think.
Thi i the ame principle that govern the cientific method. giving the audience the
ackground on how ou arrived at a certain concluion, ou allow them to replicate the
proce for themelve.
Humilit mean keep an open mind.
Journalit need to keep an open mind — not onl aout what the hear ut alo aout their
own ailit to undertand what it mean. xercie humilit. Don’t aume. Avoid arrogance
aout our knowledge.
“Aumption,” a a veteran ureau chief once put it, “i the mother of all crew-up.”
Journalit need to recognize their own falliilit and the limitation of their knowledge.
The hould e conciou of fale omnicience and avoid jut “writing around it.” The
hould acknowledge to themelve what the are unure of, or onl think the undertand –
and then check it out. Thi make their judgment more precie and their reporting more
inciive.
Jack Fuller, the author, novelit, editor, and newpaper executive, ha uggeted that
journalit need to how “modet in their judgment” aout what the know and how the
know it.
Gregor Favre, a longtime editor in acramento and Chicago, a hi rule i imple. DO
NOT PRINT ON IOTA YOND WHAT YOU KNOW.
Firt, ou have to e honet aout what ou know, veru what ou aume ou know, or
think ou know. A ke wa to avoid mirepreenting event i a diciplined honet aout
the limit of one’ knowledge and the power of one’ perception.
Originalit mean do our own work.
Information can e viewed a a hierarch. At the top i the work ou have done ourelf,
reporting ou can directl vouch for.
Journalit a the time the mot often got omething wrong wa when the took
omething from omeod or omeplace ele and failed to check it themelve.
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Thi guide, like man of the other in API’ Journalim ential ection, i largel aed on
the reearch and teaching of the Committee of Concerned Journalit — a conortium of
reporter, editor, producer, puliher, owner and academic that for 10 ear facilitated a
dicuion among thouand of journalit aout what the did, how the did it, and wh it
wa important. The author, Walter Dean, wa CCJ training director and API xecutive Director
Tom Roentiel formerl co-chaired the committee.
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