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it is a pleasure, I hope I have satisfied your queries, and hope to see you around sometime.

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thanks josh, for sharing with me this knowledge.

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Which is why we as journalist, our highest obligation in ethical journalism is to serve people like you the public. Providing the public, the truth and be able to report it with utmost accuracy and avoid reporting mistakes and misleading information. Because at the end of the day we should be accountable and transparent in taking responsibility in one’s work.

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Gee modern technologies sure has its problems, which is why we should really be careful in what we are sharing online.

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well like I said it has its disadvantage, but also has its advantage we like social media because 6 in 10 internet users use internet to keep themselves updates with news and current news, which we would like to use this new technology to keep our audience updated faster, but problem is with people spreading fake news. One of our principle in journalism is Minimize harm, by treating our sources, subjects, colleagues, and members of public as human beings deserving respect. But fake news even using dummy mimicking legitimate news companies spreading fakes news and damaging one’s reputation.

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thanks for this tips josh, I would also share to my friends and family. Another question I have, Is Social Media or online media a problem in News reporting?

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there simple tips to not be a victim of fake news, first to be Critical, don’t easily believe on something you read, be critical in what the article says. next is to check the source, who is reporting? Is the site you are reading from fake or legit. And of course, always check who else if reporting that story, if more than one is reporting it, especially if known news agencies like Reuters, CNN, and BBC likely its credible and legit. If no one else is reporting it than clearly its fake. These are some simple steps to avoid fake news and avoid spreading it.

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but how can I know when something is fake or credible?

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Another thing Jarod, we all know this digital era has sped up how we can get information, yet this has its disadvantage, we are in an age also of disinformation and fake news.

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Now I can clearly understand it now, thanks Josh.

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Accuracy is more important, its our part of our ethics in journalism. ideally, we should be fast while not sacrificing news accuracy. But if we had to choose, we would choose accuracy.

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but for you josh, what is more important speed or accuracy?

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what you mentioned is a common dilemma journalist face today, that can accuracy be compromised for speed, if so to what extent? In the digital era accuracy per se we can say is not good enough, because we must deliver information available at that very time to make it relevant to its audiences, but in todays accuracy and speed can be achieved, as long as there is sufficient verification tools and capacity.

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but then again how can Media/News companies be able to produce accurate information while also being quick to publish them? are they sacrificing accuracy? For the speed of information?

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That is what we call Misinformation, which is false inaccurate or misleading information, which may cause panic and disorder especially if it is regarding very important news, which is why we should always be truth and accurate as journalist, because we do not want to cause harm.

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what could happen if you fail to deliver truth and accurate news? Could it lead to harm in anyway?

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its what we call Journalism ethics, and its what we follow. Principles like Independence, fairness and impartiality, humanity and many more, but in your question, that you had raised it talks more about our principle of truth and accuracy. Us being reporters must get the facts right, and always strive for accuracy, and be able to give all facts, and ensure these facts are checked.

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but what are these set standard and principles you guys abide by?

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good you bring up that topic, especially wherein we are in the age were everything is so fast thanks to the internet. in Journalism we have these set of standards and principles we abide by in doing our work as journalist.

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Hey Josh how come news these days are so fast to get to people? Given we have social media where many people are updated by the news almost every minute, unlike before we rely in news broadcast and night and the daily paper. Does modern journalists and media companies sacrifice their accuracy for speed?