Jonna Lightfoot, a character from Jo Kadlecek novel, A Minute Before Friday, is a depiction of a journalist who displays the journalistic code of ethics or elements of journalism.
Throughout the story Lightfoot strives to find the truth behind Regal’s utilization of Christian scholarship funds. Even after a lot of hard work and after a print refusal, she sticks to her wits and struggles to make the truth known.
Lightfoot reminds herself that she must first be loyal to the public, the citizens, rather than be subdued by her boss. When her boss tells her people wont care to read it, she tells herself people will care. While her boss views the readers as customers, Lightfoot sees them as humans needing truth. 
While people like Walter Wood mainly focus on the sales of newspapers, Lightfoot focuses on reporting truth, not just a trendy story. She soon leaves the Clarion paper and travels east.
Wherever Lightfoot goes she makes sure to verify her sources, but this all comes back to reporting truth to the citizens.
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