The future importance tasks that professional journalists (communicators) should perform in the next 10 years

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a. Get information to the public quickly

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12.3

b. Stay away from stories that cannot be verified

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6.16

c. Monitor and scrutinize government

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12.3

d. Stand up for the disadvantaged

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7.4

e. Provide entertainment and relaxation

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9.25

f. Expose social abuses

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9.25

g. Make as many stories as possible each day

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6.16

h. Provide analysis and interpretation of current affairs

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6.16

i. Monitor and scrutinize business organizations

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7.4

j. Give ordinary people a chance to express their views

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9.25

k. Concentrate on news that will sell

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6.16

l. Provide information that people need to make political decisions

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9.25

m. Concentrate on bringing the latest news

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6.16

n. Provide in-depth background information

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7.4

o. Monitor and scrutinize civil society organizations

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9.25

p. Motivate people to get socially involved

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9.25

q. Treat the public as consumers rather than citizens

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6.16

r. Point people toward possible solutions for societal problems

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