Elements of Journalism

       As a journalist, I believe a main point of the Elements of Journalism is that journalism's first obligation is to the truth. In a world of technology, social networks are often times people's sole source of news. For instance, someone reads the newspaper and sees that the governor has stepped down and in response they post it on facebook. If that news is wrong then that person is wrong. People rely on the news to tell the truth not the semi-truth or what they think is the truth. If we disappoint our readers with lies than they will never trust us and journalism will be dead. An important aspect of this from the book is that the public must know and trust that what journalists write is not influenced by ads or someone paying them to write a certain review or to lie to the public. The people have a right to know the truth. Journalists can not take the word of one person as truth. They must take that word and verify it before publishing the final word. Originality is always better than someone else's word.