Abstract
This chapter discusses issues such as: To whom are journalists primarily responsible - their employers or their public? Should sports journalists be representative of, or distinguishable from, their audiences? How dependent should journalists be on particular sources? Should journalists always be committed to critical coverage of their 'round', even if this means that key sources will no longer speak to them? Is it acceptable for some journalists in popular fields, such as the sports round, to leave 'hard', investigative and critical journalism to others on the more 'serious' journalistic rounds like politics, law and business?
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Journalism : Critical Issues, |
| Editors | Stuart Allan |
| Place of Publication | Maidenhead |
| Publisher | Open University Press |
| Pages | 125 - 136 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| ISBN (Print) | 0335214754 |
| Publication status | Published - 2005 |