How To Write Like An Optimist
You can bet, when we do our jobs well as press people, we're a force that is nearly impossible to beat. No other form of media exists today which elicits the same depth of sentiment from readers, despite new Internet options being born by the second.
We get people to think, even if they disagree with us. We understand that we must put our words and good newsprint behind issues and persons that matter.
We know, when we do our jobs well, some will hate what we write. There will of course be those who cannot tell the difference between opinion and person. Those people will also hate the writers.
But that just means we got some things right.
It is precisely because of our constant attempts to be credible, educational - truthful too - that newspapers continue to hold such sway with readers.
The Optimist's staffers have the fortune of putting these values into practice very early in their careers. We carry them with us, no matter where we go in the world, long after we graduate.
Some of us live in countries which do not enjoy the protection of the First Amendment. Some of us deal daily with compromises that erode the courage of our convictions. That is just the reality of publishing.
But some of us can also look back and note with a deep sense of pride that the best days of our journalistic career happened in an environment which gave space for ideals, accorded a premium to plurality of thought, and bonded together young editorial staff which has withstood time and distance.
Rock on, The Optimist.
We get people to think, even if they disagree with us. We understand that we must put our words and good newsprint behind issues and persons that matter.
We know, when we do our jobs well, some will hate what we write. There will of course be those who cannot tell the difference between opinion and person. Those people will also hate the writers.
But that just means we got some things right.
It is precisely because of our constant attempts to be credible, educational - truthful too - that newspapers continue to hold such sway with readers.
The Optimist's staffers have the fortune of putting these values into practice very early in their careers. We carry them with us, no matter where we go in the world, long after we graduate.
Some of us live in countries which do not enjoy the protection of the First Amendment. Some of us deal daily with compromises that erode the courage of our convictions. That is just the reality of publishing.
But some of us can also look back and note with a deep sense of pride that the best days of our journalistic career happened in an environment which gave space for ideals, accorded a premium to plurality of thought, and bonded together young editorial staff which has withstood time and distance.
Rock on, The Optimist.
Peaceful Pig's two cents' posted 11/27/2008 09:56:00 pm
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