媒体类1. Wecangetknowledgefromnews,butsomepeoplethinkwecannottrustthejournalist.Whatdoyouthink?Whatqualitiesdoyouthinkasuccessfuljournalistshouldhave?Theadventoftheinformationagehasbombardedthepublicwithnumerousnewsandmanypeoplespendagreatdealoftimegoingthroughnewseveryday.Somepeoplearesuspiciousofthesenewsbecausetheydonottrustthejournalists,whileIamconvincedthatasuccessfuljournalistwithcertainqualitiescouldprovidetruenewsreports.Admittedly,somuchnewsonsocialmediaisfakeandwrong,whichhasbecomeoneofthemostconcerningaspectsofthemediaenvironment.Accordingtoarecentsurvey,onlyabouttwo-in-tenAmericanstrusttheinformationtheygetfromlocalnewsorganizationsalot,whetheronlineoroffline.Thereasonbehindthelowtrustrateisthatsomesitesarecreatedwithpre-existingviews,andmorethanthat,otherspresentfactsthatareactuallyfalseorbiased.However,inthefastgrowinginformationage,weasreadersmustdevelopskillsandstrategiestodistinguishbetweenrealjournalismandwrongones.Wecannotbelievethoseso-calledfactssimplybecausetheymatchuptoourownpreconceptions.Giventhatlossofpublictrustcouldbejournalism'sgreatestchallenge,journalistsworldwideshouldequipthemselveswithanumberofgoodqualities.Firstly,theyshouldhaveastrongdesiretounearththetruth.Inotherword,averypassionatepersonisenthusiastictogetinformation,uncoverscandalsandinformpeople.Secondly,agoodjournalistmustbeanextremelydisciplinedpersontobeabletoworkstrictdeadlines.Stayingpunctualissignificantorelsepeoplewillnotbeabletotrusttheinformationreported.Thirdly,ajournalistmustbeobjectiveandaccurate,nomatterwhatthesituationis.Thereportedstorymustbefreeofanyprejudiceandbereportedasitis.Journalistsmayhavetheirownchoiceswithregardstopoliticalpartiesandleaders.However,itisimportanttokeepthemasidewhencoveringastory.Moreover,journalistsshouldbeopentonewideasandviewsandshouldnotcoverstorieswithanypreconceivednotions.Inadditiontotheabovementionedqualities,itisalwaysbetterifajournalisthasexpertknowledgeofthebeatheintendstocover.Inconclusion,thefactisthemediaisdistrustedb...
