The ABC News Internal Memos (Patreon)

If I say the name Elmer Lower to you, I'm guessing that most of you don't have a clue who that is. 

If I say the name Roone Arledge, I guessing a few more of you will know the name, but many still will not. 

Elmer Lower was the president of ABC News from 1963 to 1974. 

Back in 1972, as the ABC News team was headed off to cover the Democratic Convention in Miami, Lower sent this memo to the staff. 

Roone Arledge ran ABC Sports from 1968 until 1986 and then ran ABC News from 1977 until 1998. 

Back in June of 1988, Arledge sent this memo to the staff: 

While both of these memos are decades old, the guidance in each memo is still the way that Journalists should handle themselves today. 

I know that today's news is more about selfies and me TV, but this is the way it should be done. 

I Journalist reports the news and does not give their commentary about the news. They do not show their political leanings and they stay professional when covering the story.

That's how it was done in 1972 and in 1988 and that is the way it should be done in 2020.