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THE JOURNALIST
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Fix this textAustralian Journalists’ Association
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Fix this textEditorial Address: Australian Journalists’ Association, 145 Collins Street, Melbourne
Fix this textPrice — 6d.
Fix this textSeptember, 1952
Fix this textCHANGE OF
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Fix this textIMPROVE OWN BACKYARD
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Fix this textSulzberger Points Way
Fix this textIn "New Craft"
Fix this textIJEWSPAPER proprietors and editors must improve the
Fix this textstandards in their own backyards, Arthur Hays Sulzberger,
Fix this textproprietor of the New York Times, told the American Associa-
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Fix this textOut of the complex problems of the world, a new interpretive
Fix this textjournalistic craft had grown, calling for the development of specialist
Fix this textjournalists who devoted much of their time to becoming experts.
Fix this text/CORRESPONDENTS should spend
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Fix this textMr Sulzberger advised newspaper
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Fix this text“Proprietors must provide the oppor-
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Fix this text“Foreign correspondents should be
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Fix this textMr. Sulzberger urged newspaper
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Fix this textWhen proprietors and editors im-
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Fix this textRecently Canberra Division
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Fix this textNational Union of Journalists in Great
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Fix this textThe existing agreement between the
Fix this textNUJ and the Newspaper Society pro-
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Fix this textThe NUJ first asked the Newspaper
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Fix this textIn June last the union sought eight
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Fix this textliams to lan Hawker, also of the Ex-
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Fix this textShirley is a daughter of J. R. (Jack)
Fix this textWilliams, editor of the Examiner for
Fix this textthe past 17 years and formerly on the
Fix this textold Brisbane Daily Mail and Mel-
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Fix this textlan is the younger brother of Kerns-
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Fix this textand a son of S. C. (Stan) Hawker, cir-
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Fix this textDenis married Mercury social edit-
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Fix this textlan Hawker gravitated to journal-
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Fix this textof the University of Melbourne. He
Fix this textwas a resident of Ormond College and
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Fix this textMystery Man
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Fix this textdied in Capetown last Octo-
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Fix this textThe man, Leon Kendel, claimed
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Fix this textAbout 18 months ago Mr Thomas Boydell, a former South
Fix this textAfrican Minister for Labor, found a ragged old man on his door-
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Fix this textMr Boydell thought the man was
Fix this textpenniless, but the man—Kendel—
Fix this textinsisted on Mr Boydell taking him
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Fix this textHe lived there for six weeks, but
Fix this textslipped in the street one day and
Fix this textbroke a leg.
Fix this textSoon after his return from a
Fix this textnursing home, Kendel became ill,
Fix this textand Mr Boy dell nursed him for 14
Fix this textmonths before he died.
Fix this textThe history and origin of Kendel
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Fix this textmany parts of the world have
Fix this textbrought no clues.
Fix this textIt has been established that he had
Fix this text£12,000 in investments and personal
Fix this textproperty. Mr Boydell is certain
Fix this textKendel had a son. Meanwhile his
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Fix this textGuide On
Fix this textEthics
Fix this textOTTO BEEBY, Who was returned un-
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Fix this textThis is the first article of a
Fix this textseries prepared by the Victoria
Fix this textDistrict Ethics Committee.
Fix this textEach article wjll deal with one clause
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Fix this textComment is invited.
Fix this textCLAUSE 1. . . . He (each member of the
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Fix this textThis is at once the broadest and most
Fix this textvital clause of the Ethics Code.
Fix this textHere and there, we may find a re-
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Fix this texta sub-editor who might liven up the
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Fix this textThese “anything-for-a-story” boys
Fix this textare bad journalists, but, fortunately,
Fix this textthey are very rare.
Fix this textExaggerations, distortions and mis-
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Fix this textthey mislead and betray the public.
Fix this textHurts Reputation
Fix this textBecause people tend to generalise
Fix this textfrom a few bad examples, unscrupulous
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Fix this textIt is easy to allow personal convictions
Fix this textand prejudices to influence our work
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Fix this textof.facts. To prevent this a positive and
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Fix this textThe reporter who regards himself
Fix this textas a fact-gathering craftsman will not
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Fix this textwho is content to be a good trades-
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Fix this textThe slanted story, the loaded story, or
Fix this textthe story that presents one side only
Fix this textare anathema to the good journalist.
Fix this textSlanting may occur because the re-
Fix this textporter or sub-editor (a) has personal
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Fix this textThe news columns are for the pub-
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Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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