by Cosmin Pascu

Created on: November 03, 2008

The intention of the author is to communicate something clear and precise about an issue or an incident that takes place around him affecting other people. The aim of writing should never be changed to suit the audience. However, while the message must be kept as indented originally, the way is being communicated might take a different form. While we are eager to present information that is crucial for the community, we must be careful to our methods of presentation. Bellow we will focus on three important aspects that will help us not to be manipulated by the crowds.

The original intention must be kept

If you were to work within the media arena you will soon discover that to be a reporter you must be aware that being a journalist does not mean just presenting the news but being the news. In this dangerous yard you must not ignore the politics and the factory that produces or changes the information in order to please or earn more money on the credit card. We are living in a world where we witness increasingly the loss of integrity among those who have to present the information or the message that has to be communicated. Also in our terrifying world we witness endless cases where people are being killed for taking the stand of modifying the original script which used to criticize a party for their misdoings. In fact the recession in America
does affect does who took the courage the break the news. Outside our doors, day by day we lift up the newspapers which bring us the most horrifying cases that we never imagined that will happen. We taught that stressing something is easy but soon we learnt that writing some with a clear intention and conscience also might mean loosing your own life or your career. Despite of what is bound to happen for not modifying what we write, we must maintain strongly the purpose why we started to write something. Loosing this might mean losing our integrity before people, whom I represent.

The message must be kept

As I have mentioned above, we should be realistic that once we have written something, and if what we wrote is true, it must not change! We must be ready to follow up its consequences, yet without being overtaken by them. If what we write is true, the truth will liberate us. This may happen on the spot or this might take time. However, we need to bear in mind that, if the news is true, we do not violate anything but we carry everything! As a Romanian writer I have the obligation to present the information as it is. At the

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