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Today\u2019s press, in his words, no longer guides the public. In a negative sense. Moreover, it shapes the public agenda not from issues coming from governing bodies from the public, but by topics imposed from the political arena.<\/p>\n
\u201cCreate a journalism according to public issues, not the agenda dictated by politicians, which is sometimes fake. Politicians are not a source; if they are a source, then partly. It\u2019s not the political field\u2019s issues that you have to take to the public, but the opposite: take the public\u2019s issues and problems to the agenda. Listen to ordinary people, their problems, study the public transportation issue, and so on. Don\u2019t listen to the fakes,\u201d says Avetikyan.<\/p>\n
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Yerevan Press Club President Boris Navasardyan draws attention to the issue of the reliability of information circulated in the sector. Particularly the information in breaking news stories, in his words, don\u2019t inspire confidence. Navasardyan says that if the topic, the story is important or interesting, the reader is often forced to verify the information from other sources, thereby doing the journalist\u2019s job. But, if you\u2019re a professional. Otherwise you fall victim to misinformation.<\/p>\n
Navasardyan urges journalists not to make their own sympathies and preferences into a wall between them and the audience. Otherwise, the journalist is engaging in propaganda, PR, and advertising.<\/p>\n
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One of journalist and Shant TV news service editor Artyom Yerkanyan\u2019s principles is \u201cDo no harm.\u201d This is about not harming the interests of your own state, especially if this country is at war. But, according to the journalist, you shouldn\u2019t confuse this with propaganda.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe journalist has citizenship and is a citizen of a specific country. Since Armenia is a country at war, you must always consider the so-called national interest. This doesn\u2019t mean engaging in propaganda. You simply have to reckon with your inner editor. You can\u2019t tell lies, but you can say one part of the truth.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not always that we talk about everything we know. Nevertheless, if you consider it right, based on lofty ideas, to speak freely, I don\u2019t consider that a violation of journalism ethics,\u201d says Yerkanyan.<\/p>\n
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Head of the Center of International Journalism<\/a> at Yerevan Brusov State University of Languages and Social Sciences Tatyana Hovhannisyan considers important to respond adequately to rapid changes and use new media tools for quality journalism.<\/p>\n \u201cThe media sector today develops and changes at tremendous speed. It\u2019s very important in the digital media age that journalists are able to get out of the profession\u2019s traditional confines and be ready to spend time to constantly update knowledge and acquire skills to work with new media tools.<\/p>\n \u201cThe use of new media tools helps to create quality journalism,\u201d says Hovhannisyan.<\/p>\n \u201cBe interesting. In everyday events, find the interesting, the unusual, the new, and present it to your audience. Exercise your curiosity muscle,\u201d advises Public Radio\u2019s Executive Director Mark Grigoryan. Training the curiosity muscle, according to Grigoryan, is done in two ways. One is through daily work; the second, by reading. And, in Grigoryan\u2019s words, reading you must do always \u2014 and not just your and your colleagues\u2019 works, but also works of fiction.<\/p>\n He considers the editor\u2019s role inevitable in the effectiveness of the journalist\u2019s work. \u201cI understand very well that the editor can clip the journalist\u2019s wings, force the journalist to work not in her typical style. The editor must be a craftsman and give the journalist the freedom to create good pieces.\u201d<\/p>\n The experienced journalist considers important also the idea of balance. If the journalist blames anyone in her reportage or news story, then she is obliged to give him the opportunity to respond, either in the story or the same day. \u201cOnly when giving both sides the opportunity to express themselves will the journalist remain in her proper role. Otherwise, the journalist becomes a party to the conflict,\u201d says Grigoryan.<\/p>\n Producer and head of news programs at Public Television Artak Herikyan draws attention to several problems that emerged in the media under new technologies. We\u2019re talking first of all about checking and re-checking information, and not losing the humanistic values.<\/p>\n \u201cDon\u2019t swear, don\u2019t insult a person to fill an audience: journalism\u2019s credo is humanism. Check and re-check information: the danger of falling into the trap of misinformation increases as quickly as the means of spreading information becomes perfected. Protect the journalistic language from the sometimes imperceptible incursion of government officials\u2019 lexicon: the audience may not understand also our words. Show, don\u2019t spout,\u201d says Herikyan.<\/p>\n Investigative journalists clash with the pressures of the environment probably the most and probably have the largest army of enemies. Hetq\u2019s journalists have overcome this issue long ago. Hetq deputy editor Liana Sayadyan reminds journalists:<\/p>\n \u201cAs a journalist, be ready to acquire more enemies than friends. The hardest thing is overcoming the psychological pressures of your surroundings.\u201d<\/p>\n Gagik Aghbalyan<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Editors and pundits with dozens of years of experience in Armenia\u2019s media industry shared with Media.am readers the criteria and values they consider important for journalists and workers. 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