Nowadays, people get information through news and papers, but meanwhile are uncertain about the truth of these news. Should we believe the journalists? What qualities should a good journalist or a correspondent have?

In

this

era of technological advancement,

although

the print and electronic media is becoming a vital source of information for

general public

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the general public

, yet people are having doubts about authenticity of

news

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the news

. People should

trust

the correspondents for their hard

work

as disinformation are generally from managerial levels and reporters should

also

be well educated and aware of their responsibilities to excel in their

field

. It is a well-known fact that journalism is not an easy

field

as they have to risk their lives and

work

hard to update their audience and readers about different situations, so we should acknowledge their

work

and boost their confidence by trusting them. As no one is flawless, so they can

also

make mistakes but these are not deliberate and margin of error should be given to them.

Moreover most

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Moreover, most

of

errors

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the errors

are from content managers or owners, so

this

should not affect the credibility of a reporter.

For instance

, recently in Pakistan, a well-known newspaper published some news about a political party which later on proved false, on investigation the fault was of the

proof reader

someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections

proofreader

, not the journalist. The correspondents should

also

take responsibility to win the

trust

of their followers by opting some qualities.

Firstly they

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Firstly, they

should have proper knowledge of their

field

, as some people are joining media without having adequate knowledge of

this

field

and the result is

overall bad image

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an overall bad image

the overall bad image

of

whole community

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the whole community

whole communities

a whole community

.

Secondly

, they should do research about every news before presenting to the people, as in

this

fast paced age, everyone wants real news, not breaking news.

For instance

, many surveys conducted in various media houses have shown that there is a remarkable rating difference between shows of professional anchors and nonprofessional ones. To conclude, currently many people are relying on

media

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the media

for

informations

a message received and understood

information

despite of their reservations on their genuineness. But we should

trust

journalists for the hard

work

and efforts they

made

engage in

did

for

us but

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us, but

they should

also

have thorough knowledge of their

field

and circumstances.

to

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To

win

trust

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the trust

of people.