Walter Williams

Walter Williams (HMUY2)

Location: Boonville, MO 65233 Cooper County
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 58.6', W 92° 44.669'

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Born July 2, 1864, Boonville, Missouri
Died July 29, 1935, Columbia, Missouri

Editor - The Advertiser - Boonville, Missouri - 1884-1889
Editor - The Herald - Columbia Missouri - 1889-1908
Founder and Dean of First
School of Journalism in the World
at the University of Missouri 1908-1930
Curator University of Missouri 1899-1905
President of University of Missouri
1930-1935


The Journalist's Creed

I believe in the profession of journalism.

I believe that the public journal is a public trust; that all connected with it are, to the full measure of their responsibility, trustees for the public; that acceptance of a lesser service than the public service is betrayal of this trust.

I believe that clear thinking and clear statement, accuracy, and fairness, are fundamentals to good journalism.

I believe that a journalist should write only what he holds in his heart to be true.

I believe that suppression of the news, for any consideration other than the welfare of society, is indefensible.

I believe that no one should write as a journalist what he would not say as a gentleman; that bribery by one's own pocketbook is as much to be avoided as bribery by the pocketbook of another; that individual responsibility may not be escaped by pleading another's instructions or another's dividends.

I believe that advertising, news and editorial columns should alike serve the best interests of readers; that a single standard of helpful truth and cleanness should prevail for all; that the supreme test of good journalism is the measure of its public service.

I believe that the journalism which succeeds best - and best deserves success - fears God and honors Man; is stoutly independent, unmoved by pride of opinion or greed of power, constructive, tolerant but never careless, self-controlled, patient, always respectful of its readers but always unafraid, is quickly indignant at injustice; is unswayed by the appeal of privilege or the clamor of the mob; seeks to give every man a chance, and, as far as law and honest wage and recognition of human brotherhood can make it so an equal chance; is profoundly patriotic while sincerely promoting international good will and cementing world-comradeship; is a journalism of humanity, of and for today's world.

Walter Williams
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HM NumberHMUY2
Series This marker is part of the Markers Attached to Sculpture series
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Year Placed2003
Placed ByHulda Rhodes Kitchen, Granddaughter
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Date Added Thursday, September 4th, 2014 at 5:12pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)15S E 522132 N 4314218
Decimal Degrees38.97666667, -92.74448333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 58.6', W 92° 44.669'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 58' 36.00" N, 92° 44' 40.14" W
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Area Code(s)660, 816
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 475-499 E Morgan St, Boonville MO 65233, US
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