On Recognizing Genuinely Ethical Journalism

Norman Rockwell Visits a Country Editor, by Norman Rockwell (1946)

“Fundamentally,” said Mordecai Richler, “all writing is about the same thing; it’s about dying, about the brief flicker of time we have here, and the frustration that it creates.”

Journalism is not creative writing. Journalism is a discipline that is taught and learned. To recognize solid journalistic ethics look for multiple primary sources and solidly supported facts, from the public…