ABSTRACT
What is a reporter and how does the good reporter relate to the world? A good reporter is unavoidably linked with what society sees as important about journalism. Many claims are made about the importance of journalism in a modern democracy. That great Times editor Delane believed:
Randall believes something similar and says that good journalists wherever they are will be attempting the same thing: ‘intelligent fact-based journalism, honest in intent and effect, serving no cause but the discernible truth, and written clearly for its readers whoever they may be’ (1996: 2).
