Tag Archives: journalists

Why is it so hard to ask ‘Says who?’

In the age of fake news and everywhere media, the information soup in which we all swim is made up of almost everything anyone says on almost any issue one can imagine. An awful lot of it is false and it can be poisonous. So, it is important we can tell the difference between the truth and falsehoods, either by discovering the truth for ourselves or by sharing it with people we can rely on. Thus, the critical importance of asking “Says who?” Read More

Whistleblowers – conscience of a shameless age

With the continuing persecution of Julian Assange, one of our country’s and this century’s most famous whistleblowers, it is timely that all nations – but especially democracies – remind themselves that a whistleblower is not a traitor, just someone who sees something wrong, consults their conscience and exposes the wrongdoing contrary to the wishes of those with power to conceal it from their fellow citizens. Read More

Welcome to journalism-free journalism

Encouraged to embrace social media, are real journalists now paying too high a price for the convenience of “information everywhere all the time”? Serious professional journalists have long been urged to integrate social media into their work. It’s a great tool for digging into events and harvesting opinions that might otherwise be “mediated out” by gatekeepers who don’t want inconvenient truths exposed. But at what cost? Read More