ÃÑ 36ÆäÀÌÁö

2ÆäÀÌÁö º»¹®½ÃÀÛ

Editorial
The Well-trained Dog
¡°W
ill the editor-in-chief or the school president cancel my story?¡±
ESTABLISHED1954
As a staff reporter of The Argus, I had this question in mind
when I wrote a story that criticizes the school. Not only I, but
Publishedmonthlyexceptduringschoolholidaysby
and for students of Hankuk University of Foreign
manyotherjournalistsprobablyhavebeenfacedwiththisfear.
Studies, TheArgus, the oldest English campus
Actually, journalists from all over the world can criticize the powerful when it is
newspaperinKorea,pursuesthehigheststandardof
necessary because freedom of the press is guaranteed to us by law. If so, why do
campusjournalismandacademism.
weworryasifthereisnofreedomofthepress?AjournalistforasmallAmerican
newspaper mentioned his experience as a reporter for a major newspaper in
?PresidentandPublisher
Prof.KimIn-chul
WashingtonD.C.¡°Iwroteanarticle,butmyeditorrefusedtopublishitbecausehe
thoughtitmight¡®offend¡¯alargecorporationthatspendsalotofmoneyadvertising
?ExecutiveEditor
Prof.ChoiYo-sop
inthepaper,¡±hesaid.¡°So,thepressisfreeunderthelaw.Butisitreallyfree?Ido
?Editor-in-Chief
LeeJae-won(H-3)
notthinkso.¡±
The editor censored the journalist¡¯s article. I always hoped nobody would censor
?EditorialConsultant ByeonHee-jin(JLC-3)
mystory.AsIbecametheEditor-in-Chiefofthismagazine,however,Iunfortunately
?AssociateEditor
LeeSei-yon(DEL-2)
went through the situations that I wanted to avoid. Do you want to know who
censoredTheArgus?Itwasme!
?GuestReporter
ShimKyu-han(EC-2)
Whenwepublishedarticlesagainsttheschool¡¯sactions,Iwonderedwhetherornot
?CopyReaders
Ishouldchangesomeexpressionsthatmightmaketheschoolfeel¡°uncomfortable¡±
Prof.BrandonWalcutt
eventhoughtheydidnotaskmetodoso.Ofcoursewedidnotloseourpassionfor
Prof.MerrileeBrinegar
criticizingtheuniversity;lookingback,Iregretcensoringmyself.
GeorgeOrwellwrote,¡°Circusdogsjumpwhenthetrainercrackshiswhip,butthe
Prof.MichaelHeinz
reallywell-traineddogistheonethat[acts]whenthereisnowhip.¡±Self-censorship,
as seen in my case, is far more effective than official censorship, as shown in the
Washingtonjournalist¡¯sexperience.Thelattertakesatrainertoletjournalistsfollow
hisguideline.Butwiththeformer,thejournalistsactwithoutthetrainer¡¯sguidance.
Underthisself-censorship,thereportersneverwritestoriesthat¡°anger¡±theireditors
ormediaoutlets.Thentheythinkthereisnocensorship.Butitisnottrue.
On May 9, the nation¡¯s new president was elected after former President Park
Geun-hye¡¯s impeachment. As you already know, most national press had not
properly criticized the government before Park¡¯s corruption scandal occurred. Did
thegovernmentcensortheirarticles?No.Thepressacted¡°whentherewasnowhip.¡±
From now on, the press must perform their basic role to watch those in power.
107,Imun-ro,Dongdaemun-gu,Seoul,Korea
(PostalCode02450)
The Argus will also strive to be really free. The well-trained dogs must not exist
Tel:(02)2173-2508 Fax:2173-2509
anymore.
81,Oedae-ro,Mohyeon-myon,Cheoin-guYongin,Gyeonggi
Province,Korea
(PostalCode17035) Tel:(031)330-4113
PrintedbyHONGDESIGN!Tel:464-5167 Fax:464-5168
LeeJae-won
Editor-in-Chief

2ÆäÀÌÁö º»¹®³¡



ÇöÀç Æ÷Ä¿½ºÀÇ ¾Æ·¡³»¿ëµéÀº µ¿ÀÏÇÑ ÄÁÅÙÃ÷¸¦ °¡Áö°í ÆäÀÌÁö³Ñ±è È¿°ú¹× ½Ã°¢Àû È¿°ú¸¦ Á¦°øÇÏ´Â ÆäÀÌÁöÀ̹ǷΠ½ºÅ©¸°¸®´õ »ç¿ëÀÚ´Â ¿©±â±îÁö¸¸ ³¶µ¶ÇϽðí À§ÀÇ ÆäÀÌÁöÀ̵¿ ¸µÅ©¸¦ »ç¿ëÇÏ¿© ´ÙÀ½ÆäÀÌÁö·Î À̵¿ÇϽñ⠹ٶø´Ï´Ù.
»ó´Ü¸Þ´º ¹Ù·Î°¡±â ´ÜÃàÅ°¾È³» : ÀÌÀüÆäÀÌÁö´Â ÁÂÃø¹æÇâÅ°, ´ÙÀ½ÆäÀÌÁö´Â ¿ìÃø¹æÇâÅ°, ùÆäÀÌÁö´Â »ó´Ü¹æÇâÅ°, ¸¶Áö¸·ÆäÀÌÁö´Â ÇϴܹæÇâÅ°, ÁÂÃøÈ®´ëÃà¼Ò´Â insertÅ°, ¿ìÃøÈ®´ëÃà¼Ò´Â deleteÅ°