‘Journalism is not a dying industry, Journalism is changing
and the need for journalism is greater than ever,’ said
seven times Emmy Award winner newscaster Bob Schieffer
during the luncheon organized in his honor as he accepts the
2013 Cronkite Award. For me it was an honour to be able to
listen to him live. I was watching before me a leader who
has the vision and power to motivate and encourage people
who believes in him.
I found Schieffer as a visionary leader with strong
integrity. He hasn’t reject the power of social media/new
media. But accepting the influence of the social media he
just identified the facts that a journalist should take care
about. “Social media is fine. Tweets and such are nice,”
Schieffer said. “But journalism is not about scratching the
surface. It is about going beneath the surface and finding
the truth.”
‘Journalists don’t work with government we watch the
government,’ this statement by Schieffer depicts how serious
and responsible he finds journalism.
The question is does journalists of this time carry the same
values and integrity as the early leaders in journalism as
Walther Cronkite or Bob Schieffer?
