What is the #1 characteristic of a of a great journalist besides the ability to write well?What is the #1duty?

Question

Are there any around? Who?

Answer 1

No. 1 characteristic: The ability to always seek the truth and fairness. To never have an agenda. To ask the tough questions, but always proceed with compassion.

No. 1 duty: To keep in mind that description of the No. 1 characteristic whenever you're writing about someone. Your words will be connected to their name.

Answer 2

To be able to follow the direction of the paper he/she is writing for. If the paper is Liberal, the journalist should be able to give a Liberal slant or bias to everything he/she writes. It's primarily about swaying the masses. Of secondary importance is getting or keeping the subscribers.

For example the New York Times is extremely Liberal and Anti-American. It doesn't care if it alienates 50% of its potential customers. This is what I call good business sense. There must be some real "geniuses" in the main-stream media.

It's like Walmart saying it doesn't want male customers in it's stores.

Answer 3

To follow the #1 rule of good reporting: If your mother says she loves you check it out.
In the case of TV "journalism" the sad fact is that it is producers who line up the story and those within that story. All the "journalist" does is show up, smile for the camera and ask questions that someone else wrote in advance.