There are three golden guidlines I believe a journalist should carry with them everywhere they go. These guidlines came from "Poynter" and I couldn't agree more with them. The three golden rules are Poynter's #5 ; "Get out of your house, or office. Don't hide behind your job, or computer. Rediscover the "local" in "hyperlocal". "# 9; "Journalist should be comfortable with silence during interviews. You'll hear and learn more if you are not talking." And my personal favorite is # 18, in which I hope all humans may go by. # 18; "Impress people with your openness. Learn from everyone. Knlowledge is collaborative. Questions and answers are communal."
I like Poynters #5 because it states that in order for someone to be a true journalist and get a big scoop of the real, or silent stories that lie out in the world one must get out into the world and "join the circus" of finding and chasing stories. I like to bring up a novel about Edna Buchanan who is a news reporter in Miami, Florida that gets involved in a lot of dangerous situations by following murder cases. She claims she has seen, and even solved, more murders than any average police officer. A journalist doesn't get that personal with thier job by sitting at their desk all day. The novel I am reffering to is called "The Corpse Had a Familiar Face" written by Edna Buchanan.
The reason I like #9, which states a journalist should feel comfortable with silence during interviews and one will learn more, is because I find myself needing this reminder from time to time. I will be in the middle of an interview and get so caught up in the "conversation" of the story rather than asking questions, keeping my mouth shut, and writing down the quotes I really need!!!!!
# 18 should be a world wide goal for everyone. "Impress people with your openness. Learn from everyone. Knowledge is collaborative. Questions and answers are communal." Knowledge should be available for everyone about every subject in the world. For example; A 12 year old boy in Africa whos' school had recieved computers sometime recently found out through the internet that people on this planet have set foot on the moon. Why should that knowledge not be able to reach them until 40 years after the event?
Everyone has many questions, and sorry to say, but people won't get to find the real answers they seek if they block themselves from being open minded and listening to others. Knowlege lives and grows if it is allowed to collaborate. Everything started from theories and philosophies, then those theories get tested and we are still all at the same questions that need to be answered such as "What is our purpose?" How did we humans get here?" " Does life exist beyond Earth?"
Want to start digging into the possibility of actually finding the real answers that top physicists, engineers, biologist, and mystics in many fields have come together and collaborated their expertise onto? The movie I would like to share covers a world of quantum mechanics, and odd science. Check out the movie "What the Bleep? Down the Rabbit Hole". The movie was also filmed in Portland, Oregon.
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