The journalist’s responsibility

The most important lesson I learned this weekend was about the responsibility of a journalist, as described by Keith Woods, dean of faculty at The Poynter Institute. Our purpose is to inform the public of an issue while excluding any reasonable way that information can be misinterpreted. Although misinterpreting information may not be the journalist's fault entirely, it is our responsibility, totally, to make sure that we include details and are specific enough to eliminate errors that are misleading.