| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION the full measure of their responsibility trustees for the public That acceptance ofa lesser service than the public service is betrayal of this trust believe thatjournalist should write only what he holds in his heart to be true believe that suppression of the news for any consideration other than the welfare of society is indefensible believe that no one should write asjournalist what he would not say asgentleman that bribery by oneown pocket book is as much to be avoided as bribery by the pocketbook of another that individual responsibility may not be escaped by pleading anotherinstructions or anotherdividends believe that advertising news and editorial columns should alike serve the best interests of readers thatsingle standard of helpful truth and cleanness should prevail for all that the supreme test of good journalism is the measure of its public service believe that the journalism which succeeds best and best deserves success fears God and honors man is stoutly independent unmoved by pride of opinion or greed of power constructive tolerant but never careless self-controlled patient always respectful of its readers but always unafraid is quickly indignant at injustice is unswayed by the appeal of privilege or the clamor of the mob seeks to give every manchance and as far as law and honest wage and recognition of human brother hood can make it so an equal chance is profoundly patriotic while sincerely promoting international good will and cementing world-comradeship isjournalism of humanity of and for todayworld poem titled Epitaph product of an unknown penman has travelled in newspaper circles for decades and in the minds of many well-describes the work ofjournalist It reads covered typewriter an empty chair newspaperman once sat there The facts he gathered and the words he bled were mostly things that others said His life was tangled inweb of news and the things he caught were events and views Most folks lives are counted in years but his was stories of hopes and fears He fed on facts and he thirsted on truth he 402 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
