as a journalist, a person who writes “stories” that are non-fictional portayals of currently “significant” persons and issues and actions in the “real world” (writing contemporary history)
credibility is everything
it is not dependent on style — third person, conversational & stuffy
objectivity is an illision, and is partly the responsiblity of the reader as co-creater of the story
- reader
- text
- writer/speaker/publication
reporter does not exist independently of the story (“fly on the wall” journalism)
credibility and objectivity are not the same things
just because a story is phrased in the third person doesn’t mean it’s objective orcredible
the goal of “bias-free” coverage in journalism requires personal authenticity
openly embrace your bias, your point of view
- which is in itself a balancing opinion
- it is your cultural expertise
- it is your self-defining viewpoint
- is informed by elements of artistry & craft
- enhances your watchdog “function” when you are cognizant in your text of it
internet readers exist in the context of
- multi-sourced
- constellations of
- news reports (stories) with
- layering of
stories and issues
bloggers/blogging [limited to los angeles only audience in conception] exists in thatcontext
journalism is a mythologizing, shamanic process
reading, writing, thinking and being (self-definition) are a part of the same process
see a wisdom of aids
