You are preaching to the converted, Mark. I'm a big believer in first-person journalism (have a textbook from Routledge with that title), and I've long appreciated Jay Rosen's approach to disclosing journalistic points of view. That kind of transparency is far more honest than false claims of objectivity (and the recent example you bring…
You are preaching to the converted, Mark. I'm a big believer in first-person journalism (have a textbook from Routledge with that title), and I've long appreciated Jay Rosen's approach to disclosing journalistic points of view. That kind of transparency is far more honest than false claims of objectivity (and the recent example you bring up here with Ben Smith at Semafor is predictably depressing).
You are preaching to the converted, Mark. I'm a big believer in first-person journalism (have a textbook from Routledge with that title), and I've long appreciated Jay Rosen's approach to disclosing journalistic points of view. That kind of transparency is far more honest than false claims of objectivity (and the recent example you bring up here with Ben Smith at Semafor is predictably depressing).