Stay TUFF

No matter what topic, situation, product, event, and service I cover as a journalist, I will employ the TUFF model. 

This means, when writing, I will be...

TRUTHFUL

UNBIASED

FULL

and

FAIR

I will maintain sensitivity and openness when faced with diverse viewpoints, events, or situations. 

As a journalist, my focus is to create and maintain awareness and fairness, never bias. 

I will communicate honesty.

Op-Ed journalist for the New York Times Nicholas D. Kristoff, I feel displays this well. 

I admire his integrity as a journalist and will emulate him, especially when writing on difficult topics. 

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/opinion/editorialsandoped/oped/columnists/nicholasdkristof/index.html?scp=1-spot&sq=Kristoff&st=cse