All Things Journalism

The journal article Terrorism, Global Journalism, and the Myth of the Nation State, pretty much sums up what we've been talking about as of late. They are the "should be goals" of all reporters. The four objectives stated by Deni Elliott are:
1) News reporting that is independent of governmental agendas and public sentiments.
2) Investigative skills and a keen ability to look where others are not pointing.
3) Reliance on "old news" to give day-to-day stories context.
4) Patriotic rather than nationalistic reporting.
Elliott brings up some great points about terrorism and borders being dissolved and all of the problems we're facing today....but what else is new? These have been the endeavors of journalists (as long as I have been alive) since the beginning haven't they?
I did like the explanation of Nationalistic vs. Patriotic journalism although it makes sense and is somewhat common knowledge (like all of Elliott's points). But the hard part is the reason that these things are still being talked about are that...they're difficult! Reporting things that look bad for the government or big business can ruin a journalist, it's the right thing but a hard thing. It is scary though how, without the clarification and the investigation of journalists, the government could pretty much lie to our faces or confuse us as citizens! (such as the connection of 9/11 with Iraq) I like to think of the media as almost another "check and balance" for governments to keep an eye on. As for the Hobbes' "solid borders theory" and global journalism...our world has changed so that we're connected enough and borders have dissolved so much through the movement of people and cultures and information that we can't just be part of a single nation anymore. We're part of a global community. We as journalists have a duty to the citizens of the world. Happiness and safety are universal rights...universal things that transverse borders and cultures and rules of foreign governments. I guess that's why I want to be a journalist. If I don't feel a call to this duty, to help my global community find truth, who will?