Talk:Open Journalism: Principles and Practices/Independence

Open Questions

 * 1) Press and Government: What is the role that journalism should play with government (an ethical question?)

In American Journalism: History, Principles, Practices, Paulette D. Kilmer talks about the Press and the Government. The article claims that the relationship between press and government shifts back and forth between a close and an antagonistic relationship. The press was funded or charted by government and, after episodes like Watergate, the press moved from skepticism of government to cynicism. She says, "[the press and government] share the mission of instilling within the public a sense of civic responsibility," and "In the end, both the press and government must be accountable to the people and can only fulfill their obligation by balancing respect with helathy skepticism of each other."

I produced this grid to open questions about the style of news and media. Please add to, revise, get rid of it, etc. if it is more useful to do so.

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