9 Principles and 7 Yardsticks

The first lecture that Mr. Miller gave us was about the nine principles and seven yardsticks of journalism. These 16 things are what a journalist should do and the guidelines they should abide by. I thought that this lecture was very important because knowing these things will help me and my fellow classmates during our four years at Manual and for the rest of our years after high school, wether we are journalists ourselves or just critiquing the news. Specifically I found the the yardstick "Newsworthiness" the most interesting because in today's world it seems that a lot of "breaking news" isn't really news at all.