Throughout the year, it is the War Hawk Herald\u2019s\nresponsibility to keep McMurry students, staff, and faculty informed on school\nevents, local events, state events, national, and international events. Our\nreporters work hard each week, exploring several topics within our school and\nour surrounding area. Whether it\u2019s McMurry sports or a nationwide phenomenon,\nour job is to keep readers up do date on everything McMurry and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aside from providing our readers with up to date\ninformation, our job is to provide readers with accurate information, reliable\nresources, and accountability within articles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Journalism is a vigilance that knows no midnight. What\ndoes that mean? Journalism is a field that requires you to work day and nights,\nalways prepared for the next big event to happen. Journalists are responsible\nfor covering everything news related, whether it\u2019s automobile accidents on\ninterstates or covering a broad and extensive case of investigative journalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In our current society, the term \u201cfake news\u201d has\nbecome popular to credit and discredit many news sources. Out of a survey\nconducted to fifteen students on campus, eight say that they aren\u2019t sure\nwhether the news they read is reliable or not. Many turn to CNN or Fox News as\ntheir sources and trust that the news that they read is objective, non-biased,\nand accurate (according to the survey).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a different survey polling fifteen students, twelve\nreported that they only read headlines and watch multimedia videos that\nsummarize the article for them. This modern day phenomena has drastically\nchanged the field of journalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Journalists are now required to write, take photography,\nand build multimedia videos describing their story. When one thinks of a\nreporter, one may usually think of a writer for a newspaper or a TV anchor.\nHowever, journalists now have to adapt to modern day society and have to do\nthree tedious jobs at once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the American Press Institute, \u201cJournalism\ncan be distinguished from other activities and products by certain identifiable\ncharacteristics and practices. These elements not only separate journalism from\nother forms of communication, they are what make it indispensable to democratic\nsocieties. History reveals that the more democratic a society, the more news\nand information it tends to have.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In essence, journalism has been the way we as Americans\nexpress our first amendment right to freely express ourselves. Journalism gives\na voice to the voiceless and brings light to those who are in the shadows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As the student editor for The War Hawk Herald, my goal\nis to provide students with accurate and trustworthy information on a bi-weekly\nbasis. It is also my responsibility to make sure that our reporters write and\nquote accurately, always maintaining the ethics that journalism requires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, journalism could not be a profession and a\npassion of mine and several others without its readers. Thank you, War Hawks\nfor making the student newspaper possible and thank you to everyone who has\ncontributed to our goal of keeping McMurry informed, up to date, and conscious\nof what\u2019s going on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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