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| 00:07 | Welcome to Unit one . The principles of journalism , | |
| 00:12 | overview and gathering sources in this video . We will | |
| 00:17 | define the idea of principles , Presents an overview of | |
| 00:22 | the 10 Principles of Journalism and look at all the | |
| 00:25 | principles that a journalist needs to think about when they | |
| 00:29 | are gathering sources . First of all , it's important | |
| 00:34 | that we understand what a principle is a principal is | |
| 00:39 | a fundamental , a really important truth that is the | |
| 00:44 | basis of something . So the principles of journalism are | |
| 00:52 | the things that journalists have to remember to do all | |
| 00:55 | the time . There are 10 fundamental principles of journalism | |
| 01:03 | . We'll cover these principles over the next three videos | |
| 01:08 | . The 1st 2 Principles , verification and objectivity are | |
| 01:14 | important for journalists to remember when they are finding their | |
| 01:19 | sources or information . The next four principles . Originality | |
| 01:26 | , completeness , transparency and fairness are the principles that | |
| 01:32 | a journalist needs to remember when they are telling the | |
| 01:35 | story , meaning when they are actually writing their article | |
| 01:41 | . The final four principles include restraint , humanity , | |
| 01:47 | accountability and empowerment . These principles are about how journalism | |
| 01:54 | can impact people , meaning how people are affected by | |
| 01:59 | the articles that are journalist writes . Don't worry if | |
| 02:03 | you don't understand these words right now , we'll cover | |
| 02:06 | all 10 of these principles in detail in the coming | |
| 02:10 | videos . Let's start by talking about the principles that | |
| 02:15 | journalists need to remember when they are gathering sources , | |
| 02:20 | meaning they are talking to the important people in a | |
| 02:25 | story . For example , if there was a car | |
| 02:33 | accident , a journalist needs to talk to the people | |
| 02:37 | who actually saw it happen . We call these people | |
| 02:42 | eyewitnesses . When the journalist is talking to these people | |
| 02:52 | , they are gathering sources . Another example is when | |
| 02:57 | a journalist wants to know more information for a story | |
| 03:01 | and so they go to a library or research online | |
| 03:06 | . This is also gathering sources . Okay , so | |
| 03:11 | now we know what principles are and we also know | |
| 03:15 | what gathering sources means . Let's talk about some of | |
| 03:19 | the important principles that a journalist needs to remember when | |
| 03:23 | they are gathering sources , verification and objectivity . The | |
| 03:30 | first important principle is called verification . This is when | |
| 03:35 | journalists make sure that the information they get is accurate | |
| 03:40 | or true . How can they know if their sources | |
| 03:48 | are true and accurate ? Let's look at these two | |
| 03:52 | ideas . Being accurate means always having the correct facts | |
| 03:59 | . Such as names , dates places . When a | |
| 04:03 | journalist gathers sources by speaking to a witness or researching | |
| 04:08 | documents , they should always make sure that they write | |
| 04:12 | down the correct information so that it's accurate when they | |
| 04:17 | use it in their article . We'll talk about how | |
| 04:21 | to take accurate notes in future videos . How can | |
| 04:27 | journalists verify a source to know that the information they | |
| 04:32 | get is accurate and true . It's not always easy | |
| 04:37 | , but they can consider these things . Is the | |
| 04:41 | source primary meaning . Is it original ? If we | |
| 04:45 | consider the car accident , we looked at earlier , | |
| 04:49 | an eyewitness is a primary source . While someone who | |
| 04:53 | just heard about the accident is not , does the | |
| 04:58 | source have expert knowledge for a car accident ? An | |
| 05:03 | expert on road safety or an automotive engineer would be | |
| 05:09 | a good source of information ? The second principle is | |
| 05:15 | objectivity . This means reporting the facts without favoring one | |
| 05:22 | side or another . However , objectivity can be difficult | |
| 05:32 | to define . A journalist must think about the weight | |
| 05:35 | of evidence , meaning that they should gather many sources | |
| 05:40 | And if most sources say one thing and very few | |
| 05:44 | say the other , they should give more importance to | |
| 05:47 | the majority view . A journalist should not give equal | |
| 05:52 | time or wait to an opinion based on facts that | |
| 05:57 | are clearly not true . So in this video , | |
| 06:02 | we learned what a principle is And that there are | |
| 06:05 | 10 principles of journalism . We looked at the principles | |
| 06:10 | of journalism that have to do with gathering sources , | |
| 06:15 | verification and objectivity . In the next videos , we'll | |
| 06:21 | learn about the other remaining principles of journalism . |
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In this video, we will define the idea of principles, present an overview of the 10 principles of journalism, and look at all the principles that a journalist needs to think about when they are gathering sources.
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