There are many possible reasons for the public’s declining trust in journalism — it’s falling for pretty much everyone — but it’s plausible that one of them is the difference in that way journalists ...

Readers discuss a column by Bret Stephens about restoring trust in the media. To the Editor: Re “Journalists Can’t Discard Objectivity,” by Bret Stephens (column, Feb. 10): I agree with most of Mr.

One of the toughest questions to answer these days is “What is objectivity?” Few agree on a definition. And two films shown on PBS air turned the debate into a political firestorm. For more than a ...

Ivor Shapiro's research on journalists' professional roles and practice has received funding from Ryerson University and from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).

What’s different, in this moment, is that the editors of our country’s most esteemed outlets no longer hold a monopoly on publishing power. By Wesley Lowery Mr. Lowery, a reporter, is the winner of ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Objectivity hasn’t always been a cornerstone of journalism. American publishers first turned to objectivity in the early ...

HAVE YOU heard the news? It’s about the news. As correspondents covered the widespread protests on the streets of America in recent months, many were engaged in a parallel protest of their own—against ...

Objectivity has been a core journalistic ideal since the 1920s. Over the past few years, however, journalists have begun redefining what it means to report responsibly — and resisting the century-old ...

“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 ...

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