ABSTRACT
Most young journalists know better than their contemporaries who opt for business or engineering or law why they want to ply their chosen profession. For some young people, an early exposure to journalism is simply a good fit with their self-assessment of personal skills and interests. Often there’s a streak of idealism, of high purpose, that attracts students to journalism. Chinese journalists don’t earn a lot compared with engineers and have to withstand heavy pressure from the government. Motivated by emotion, idealism and sometimes rationale, ethical journalists will not find it difficult to adopt the humanistic ethics of care. Much of the fine journalism may readily be characterized as in keeping with the ethics of care, if not in complete fulfillment of it—amelioration and solutions still needed.
