Blog 13: Answer 1

1. What is answer 1 to your EQ? Be specific in your answer and write it like a thesis statement.
       One of the most important elements to becoming a successful journalist is to strive for accuracy and fairness.

2. What possible evidence do you have to support this answer?

• For example, if a journalist gains insight from a "credible source" that turns out to not be so credible, the journalists' employer/publication will be at risk of lawsuits, etc. 

• Another example as to why accuracy is essential to success in journalism is because the news are used by the public to inform themselves about current events. The public, according to The Elements of Journalism by Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel, uses the news to make informed decisions in a democracy.

• Lastly, another example taken from The Elements of Journalism by Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel, where Pulizter's Sun Magazine's motto for a number of years was, "Accuracy, accuracy, accuracy."

• The Elements of Journalism
 by Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel

• The Code of Ethics by the Society of Professional Journalists (
http://www.spj.org/ethicscode.asp)

• Principles of Journalism by Journalism.org

3. What source(s) did you find this evidence and/or answer?