“Objectivity as an aspirational ideal ends up encouraging journalists to avoid addressing what matters.” Even in recent conversations about transforming journalism, objectivity as an ideal often gets ...

Celebrated newspaper editor Martin Baron defended the long-standing journalism standard of objectivity against growing criticism during his Richman Fellowship presentation March 16. "Objectivity has ...

“With the possible exception of things like box scores, race results, and stock market tabulations,” Hunter S. Thompson wrote in 1973, “there is no such thing as Objective Journalism. The phrase ...

Much like America, journalism has descended into anarchy in recent weeks. While progressive politicians push to abolish the police, prominent journalists are calling to abolish the long-standing ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Alec Cohen/Daily. Buy this photo. Lewis Raven Wallace, an independent journalist from North ...

Since 2008, the nonprofit Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University has offered aspiring investigative journalists the opportunity to hone their skills through a program that combines ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. The American journalism community fancies itself a completely neutral estate, the poster child for objectivity. But this conceit ...

It’s common to hear the word “objective” used in relation to the work of journalists. However, its definition and application are hotly debated, with some experts arguing it’s either impossible or ...

Bob Woodward of the Washington Post shocked the news world last week when he attacked his own newspaper for its Russiagate coverage. In an interview with Jeff Gerth in the Columbia Journalism Review, ...

Paint a comprehensive and accurate portrait of the university community and document how it changes over time. Our coverage should reflect our community and describe it fairly, which means we need to ...

This week my monthly column for Editor & Publisher Online was published, about personal blogging by staff journalists. I’ve been fascinated by the reader responses to the piece. Briefly, the column ...

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