1. Walter Williams wrote the creed in 1914.

For a century, the creed’s journalistic ethics guided people

like me. Our time has come and gone. What’s not in this creed?

2. If you were writing a new creed, and included an expectation that journalists would practice
transparency, or be transparent, what things would the journalist is expected to do?

We must engage in some sort of conversation with the readers on an equal term. We make
an effort to cite our sources. Transparency, in my opinion, will be a major trend going
forward. Nowadays, information is largely accessible to everyone. More than anything else,
it's about confirming and validating it.

3. What else in the creed really stands out as important guidance for you?

It would be difficult for me, as arts in communication student, to say anything that I didn't truly believe
in. "A journalist should only write what he holds in his heart to be true." The balance topic, however,
requires caution. As a student and/or aspiring journalist, I have to be willing to admit when I have a
certainty that something isn't really true. People have a right to hold beliefs that are different from
mine.

4. If you were to be a journalist, who are you as a journalist?

If I were a journalist, I would allocate time to support and feature genuine and excellent articles from
aspiring journalists, unheard writers, and people who enjoy writing articles because by doing so, the
authors of those articles would feel more encouraged to continue writing and would come to value their
work even more. It is also my responsibility as a journalist to write and publish pieces that are truthful
and authentic.