Spotlight: Seek Truth And Report It, Minimize Harm, And

Spotlight is about four journalists who are a part of a team called Spotlight. The team Spotlight is the oldest newspaper investigative journalist unit in the United States. They investigated different cases, such as child sexual abuse by a large amount of Roman Catholic priests. Within their research conducted and information gathered by interviews they were able to put together an article. In addition, the published article exposed the scandal that occurred since the issue was ignored by Cardinal Law. While performing their duty as a journalist the audience were able to view quality journalism. Quality journalism includes/involves objectivity, ethics, public service/ public interest, and avoiding libel. Objectivity is being neutral and gathering information from both sides of the story. In the movie, we’re able to see the journalists reaching out to priests and church officials for interviews. There was one priest named Father Paquin who actually admits what he did. He claimed that he molested boys at St. John the Baptist. He mentions
The ethics of journalism are Seek Truth and Report It, Minimize Harm, Act Independently, and Be accountable and Transparent. When seeking truth and reporting it the journalists were accurate and fair. As mentioned previously getting information from both sides. The story that was published had real facts and it was accurate. They seek out to victims and let them respond if they wanted to. By minimizing harm they were sensitive to those affected. In addition, they respected the privacy of the raped victims. For example, if they asked not to be named then they wouldn't be. They acted independently because they gathered information and public the story before any other news organization. The other news organization could have benefit from the story. Spotlight had invite dialogue with the public. We can see at the end many other victims calling The