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The Elements Of Journalism Analysis

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Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel’s “The Elements of Journalism [3rd Edition]” talks about journalism in all its glory from its humble beginnings down to its modern day applications; as well as its purpose to society and their obligations which are still practiced in modern society. This very book can be considered as the journalist’s bible due to the numerous concepts and teachings still practiced today. Journalism can be traced back to ancient times; although it wasn’t called journalism. News and information were written in clay tablets, and then written in paper, now written online. The medium of journalism changes throughout the century the purpose remained the same. To inform the audience of the current happenings and issues of their society; …show more content…

It’s not just about the sharing of information or the jotting down of news for the public. Journalism is for the truth. Its first obligation is to the whole truth and nothing but the truth. With truth comes facts; and facts breed opinions, criticism, and debate. Discourse is established and societal advancements can be made with relative ease. Even if the truth is relative to change, journalists would work with these facts to facilitate in their necessary work in order to seek a practical or functional form of truth that can be applied to a day-to-day basis. However, it is not just these things that are important; the gathering, verification, and fact probing are important parts for the great search for the purest truth that exist out there. An example would be the Chiong murder case (People of the Philippines vs. Francisco Juan Larrañaga et al.) a rape-murder case that occurred on June 26, 2000 where sisters Marijoy and Jacqueline Chiong were allegedly kidnapped, raped, and murdered. Accusations were thrown his way that he committed the crime, yet there were some testimonies that contradict this, even drug test done by reputable institutions support this. The media on the other hand, even if presented with these evidences, stereotyped the accused as a rich delinquent child; however evidences contradict this. Here the truth was obscured and distorted due to the speculations and preconceived notions about the key players of the issue. Journalists here have to be wary of whether or not the information they publish would push the public at the right direction. Here, due to the false information, the public thought of the wrong idea regarding the key players of the

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