Transparency signals the journalist’s respect for the audience. Tell the audience who your sources are, how they are in a position to know something, and what their potential biases might be.Never imply that you have more knowledge than you actually do. Tell the audience what you know and what you don’t know.Don’t allow your audience to be deceived by acts of omission - tell them as much as you can about the story they are reading.Transparency means show your work so readers can decide for themselves why they should believe it. They also describe using certain methods – a way of working – which Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel describe in The Elements of Journalism as a scientific-like approach to getting the facts and also the right facts.Ĭalled the Discipline of Verification, its intellectual foundation rests on three core concepts – transparency, humility, and originality. Each morning we’ll send you the best ideas for making news more innovative and sustainable in our Need to Know newsletter.
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