Every professional, such as doctors, lawyers, engineers and so on, has own professional code of ethics, and they must follow the code of ethic of their own and do what it supposes to do, and the professional misconducts won’t be allowed. For journalists, they have their own—the Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics. Every journalist around the world has to obey every code from this journalistic code of ethics. If journalists are against this professional conduct, they won’t qualify to be a journalist.
From the Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics “Journalists should be honest, fair and courageous in gathering, reporting and interpreting information”, I believe this is one of the most important codes for every journalist. Being a journalist, he or she has to be honest and never deceive the readers with the information that provided. Also, journalists have to report the stories and information from both sides of an issue, and they can’t be partial towards either side. A journalist also has to be brave to report an issue from different kind of situation and environment. Even journalists try to provide the readers with the information about the soldiers in a combat; they have to risk their lives to report the information from the combat zone. In fact, if there is information about government officials have misused their power, such as in the Watergate scandal that reported by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. They risk their lives to uncover the misused power of the president of United Stated, and that led to the impeachment of the president.
Another code from the Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics says that “Test the accuracy of information from all sources and exercise care to avoid inadvertent error. Deliberate distortion is never permissible”. This code is also essential for journalists, but in the early development of journalism, this code has rarely been followed by early journalists. According to the book Mightier Than the Sword by Rodger Streitmatter, Sam Adams had used incorrect information about the conduct of the British soldiers in Boston, and also he’d distorted and exaggerated the news about the soldiers. Although Adam had violated the code of ethics, he made cornerstone for today’s journalistic conduct.
From the Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics “Journalists should be honest, fair and courageous in gathering, reporting and interpreting information”, I believe this is one of the most important codes for every journalist. Being a journalist, he or she has to be honest and never deceive the readers with the information that provided. Also, journalists have to report the stories and information from both sides of an issue, and they can’t be partial towards either side. A journalist also has to be brave to report an issue from different kind of situation and environment. Even journalists try to provide the readers with the information about the soldiers in a combat; they have to risk their lives to report the information from the combat zone. In fact, if there is information about government officials have misused their power, such as in the Watergate scandal that reported by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. They risk their lives to uncover the misused power of the president of United Stated, and that led to the impeachment of the president.
Another code from the Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics says that “Test the accuracy of information from all sources and exercise care to avoid inadvertent error. Deliberate distortion is never permissible”. This code is also essential for journalists, but in the early development of journalism, this code has rarely been followed by early journalists. According to the book Mightier Than the Sword by Rodger Streitmatter, Sam Adams had used incorrect information about the conduct of the British soldiers in Boston, and also he’d distorted and exaggerated the news about the soldiers. Although Adam had violated the code of ethics, he made cornerstone for today’s journalistic conduct.
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