Abstract
This research essay explores the ethical implications of the stewardship metaphor for journalists. A three‐part examination of stewardship is undertaken: a philological survey of the Greek vocabularly, from which “oikonomia”; (stewardship) has arisen; an elaboration of four ethical implications for journalist (journalists’ incentive to serve, their delivery but not ownership of messages, their ambiguous authority, and their need for professional discipline); and two critical issues arising from the sterwardship metaphor (to define the master of the journalistic house as the long‐term public interest, and not the news media owners, and to define “good stewardship as journalism that is contextually intelligible and socially constructive). The essay was written for a seminar taught by Dr. Edmund Lambeth.
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