Journalistic integrity. What is is journalistic integrity? I think that journalistic integrity is the characteristic of being honest, truthful, and just. I think that a man with integrity fights for what is right and lawful, he doesn't bend anything. A man with integrity should be unbiased and gives both sides of the story. Journalistic integrity is the ability to do the right thing. Integrity is having the will to find the truth. A man with integrity is incorruptible by others. True integrity is hard to find these days, with so many opinions being thrown into articles and such, but true integrity, makes a great journalist.
Journalistic integrity is very important. General honesty can really change the way people look at things. Let's say a journalist's brother was incarcerated for a crime and this journalist here was asked to report on it. If the journalist decided to be biased and say that his/her brother was wrongly accused and wasn't really guilty of the accused crime, even if most evidence leaned toward his/her brother being the criminal. Integrity can help good people keep good reputations and bad people to be known. Integrity may even change one's life in a certain way. Without journalistic integrity, the news would be even more corrupt than it already is.
For me, applying journalistic integrity in my work will be very easy. I will always look at both sides of an issue and look for facts only. I will be unbiased and will always be honest in my work. My work will be just and moral. Journalistic integrity is very important to me for I am a lawful person. I hope to make my work the pinnacle of integrity in my school.
