There are many traditions in our country that have been followed since our inception. Now that journalism is blending with social media, it's important for scholastic advisers to continue to pass along the fundamentals of traditional journalism to their students. Traditional journalists may recognize there is a battle to fight with social media, but they can also work to include social media within the framework of traditional journalism. Social media does not seem to be going away. Therefore, journalists and educators need to accept it and use it as a teaching tool. Pretending it doesn't exist or trying to compete with it is simply foolish.
In connection, I would like to analyze the Thomas Jefferson quote which states "Our rulers can have authority over such natural rights, only as we have submitted to them. The rights of conscience we never submitted, we could not submit." Our conscience tells us what is right and what is wrong. As journalists, we should know what is a credible and accurate story and what is just hearsay. Sometimes we are fooled, but this is usually because we are rushing to get the word out and letting our guard down when it comes to being perfectly correct. Speed often sacrifices accuracy.
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