Showing posts with label fact checking. Show all posts
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A beginners Guide To Becoming a Journalist Chapter 4
Posted by
Peter Scribner
on Sunday, January 3, 2010
The Rules Of Journalism
Earlier, I talked about the rules of journalism. That your stories need to be timely. That they have to be fact checked. That they have to be unbiased. Other rules are not to fall in love with your own work and, of course, to always quote your sources. At one time or another, I broke all of these rules. I’m going to give you examples of the rules, how I broke them and what should be done in the same situation.
