The View from Somewhere: Undoing the Myth of Journalistic Objectivity Wallace Lewis Raven
The View from Somewhere: Undoing the Myth of Journalistic Objectivity Wallace Lewis Raven A look at the history and myth of the objective journalist and how this ideal has been used to silence…
Specifikacia The View from Somewhere: Undoing the Myth of Journalistic Objectivity Wallace Lewis Raven
The View from Somewhere: Undoing the Myth of Journalistic Objectivity Wallace Lewis Raven
A look at the history and myth of the objective journalist and how this ideal has been used to silence marginalized voices.In The View from Somewhere, Lewis Raven Wallace dives deep into the history of "objectivity" in journalism and how its been used to gatekeep and silence marginalized writers as far back as Ida B. Wells. He highlights the stories of journalists who question "objectivity" with sensitivity and passion: Desmond Cole of the Toronto Star; New York Times reporter Linda Greenhouse; Pulitzer Prize-winner Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah; Peabody-winning podcaster John Biewen; Guardian correspondent Gary Younge; former Buzzfeed At its core, this is a book about fierce journalists who have pursued truth and transparency and sometimes been punished for it--not just by tyrannical governments but by journalistic institutions themselves.