Comments on: Representative Journalism: Ethical Concerns http://pjnet.org/representativejournalism/post/5/ A Public Journalism Network weblog Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:47:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Noah Kunin http://pjnet.org/representativejournalism/post/5/#comment-8 Noah Kunin Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:27:28 +0000 http://pjnet.org/representativejournalism/post/5/#comment-8 Without Fear or Favor (WFOF) is definitely a must have for the core values of Representative Journalism. Systems can also be put into place to cover those scenarios where WFOF is weakened - the Rep. Journalist should operate in an environment where his Rep. Journalists peers monitor his work and can collectively flag him if his work has been compromised. Just having a singular editor monitor the Rep. Journalists in a single news area (let's say Politics) doesn't have enough redundancy. But, if Rep. Journalists from say, Sports and Business are also monitoring a Rep. Journalist the chance of a collapse in WFOF of all three quality assurance monitors is significantly less likely. Without Fear or Favor (WFOF) is definitely a must have for the core values of Representative Journalism.

Systems can also be put into place to cover those scenarios where WFOF is weakened - the Rep. Journalist should operate in an environment where his Rep. Journalists peers monitor his work and can collectively flag him if his work has been compromised.

Just having a singular editor monitor the Rep. Journalists in a single news area (let’s say Politics) doesn’t have enough redundancy. But, if Rep. Journalists from say, Sports and Business are also monitoring a Rep. Journalist the chance of a collapse in WFOF of all three quality assurance monitors is significantly less likely.

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