Lucas Chandler - Sensitivity

Writing sensitively and respectfully about other cultures and communities can be both difficult and stressful. Making sure that your work won't offend anyone is a necessary stress, however. Journalists need to remain objective and informed; they should adequately prepare themselves when dealing with situations or individuals that are unfamiliar to them. Being respectful of other groups is important professionally: being disrespectful or reporting other groups or cultures in negative ways can damage a journalists credibility. Personally, being respectful to different cultures and people extends beyond my professional life; I would never want to write something that another group would find as offensive because I was being ignorant or insensitive.