Journalism changes today’s history. Journalism and History go hand and hand in multiple different ways. In Rodger Streitmatter’s “Mightier Than The Sword,” I agree with the idea that Journalist have an enormous role in shaping our history. Streitmatter says “THE NEWS MEDIA HAVE SHAPED AMERICAN HISTORY. ABSOLUTELY. Boldly. Profoundly.” Journalist have a way of putting words together and making it something bigger than themselves. They don’t just shape history but become part of history themselves.

A multitude of journalists leaves a mark on the world by the pieces they share and the work that they have done. Writers have the capability of displaying events in whichever way they wish to share it with the public. Credible news for historical events are a vital part of creating history and journalists are the creators of that. Journalism is an entirely separate world that is unique and a part of what makes history. These two subjects create and will continue to create history today.

As I was reading and thinking more about journalism today and asked myself, “how is news being portrayed?”. I came across this online article by The State News. It is an opinion column about how “opinion is ruining journalism.” I understand this article as a journalist and agree with what Riley Murdock had to say.

“As journalists, our job is not to tell people what to think. Our job is to present the facts in an objective manner. If our job is done well enough, people are informed enough to make their own decisions based on what is indeed factual.” Is what Murdock states in the piece that was published. I think that this article says a lot of truth, and I believe journalists need to keep their opinions to personal pages, but when telling news, we need to let the public know the facts and let them decide for themselves what they think about the story that is going around in our everyday lives.