The journalism student must learn a broad curriculum. How to write, how to research an article, making a headline with punch, verifying sources, and ethics of reporting are traditional elements of the training. Today there is more. Call it afta-graduate school. The modern reporter must ask many questions: Is grammar really that important when I have a deadline to meet? Does the story fit the narrative of my news agency? Are there distractions that will gain more attention from our salacious readers? How can I integrate my personal or agency views into my story? Is it important to verify a source when I know in my heart it is true? How can I used selected truths*? Is there a method to enhance my career with semi-fallacious, but essentially correct reporting? How can I create or infer derogatory views as actual news? Hint. Hypotheticals are easy. There is more to modern news than just the news. * https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20141204125055-53504664-the
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