Rafer Weigel | Journalists' Responsibilities and Duties

Given their power, journalists' primary responsibility is to provide all important information without allowing their own opinions to cloud their judgment. They also have a responsibility to comprehend their audience. Whatever a journalist considers significant, they are required to report on stories that are essential to the communities they serve. Furthermore, journalists should serve the people rather than act as agents of the state. They must thus be willing to report on stories that could hurt the ruling class.