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is quickly indignant at injustice; is unswayed by the appeal of privilege or the clamor of the mob; seeks to give every man a chance and, as far as law and honest wage and recognition of human brotherhood can make it so, an equal chance; is profoundly patriotic while sincerely promoting international good will and cementing world-comradeship; is a journalism of humanity, of and for today’s world.
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I believe that the journalism which succeeds best — and best deserves success — fears God and honors Man; is stoutly independent, unmoved by pride of opinion or greed of power, constructive, tolerant but never careless, self-controlled, patient, always respectful of its readers but always unafraid,
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I believe that no one should write as a journalist what he would not say as a gentleman; that bribery by one’s own pocketbook is as much to be avoided as bribery by the pocketbook of another; that individual responsibility may not be escaped by pleading another’s instructions or another’s
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I believe that advertising, news and editorial columns should alike serve the best interests of readers; that a single standard of helpful truth and cleanness should prevail for all; that the supreme test of good journalism is the measure of its public
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I believe that the public journal is a public trust; that all connected with it are, to the full measure of their responsibility, trustees for the public; that acceptance of a lesser service than the public service is betrayal of this
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in 1914. The creed has been published in more than 100 languages, and a bronze plaque of The Journalist's Creed hangs at the
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I believe that suppression of the news, for any consideration other than the welfare of society, is indefensible.
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I believe that clear thinking and clear statement, accuracy and fairness are fundamental to good journalism.
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I believe that a journalist should write only what he holds in his heart to be true.
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A Creed for My Profession: Walter Williams, Journalist to the World
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by Ronald T. Farrar University of Missouri Press, 1998,
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is a personal and professional affirmation and code of
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journalism ethics
Walter Williams
National Press Club
Washington, D.C.
Missouri School of Journalism
ISBN
0-8262-1188-7
University of Missouri
Missouri Press Association
Categories
Codes of conduct
Journalism ethics
1914 documents

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