The View from Somewhere: Undoing the Myth of Journalistic Objectivity
Lewis Raven Wallace, "The View from Somewhere: Undoing the Myth of Journalistic Objectivity"
English | ISBN: 0226826589 | 2023 | 245 pages | PDF | 2 MB
English | ISBN: 0226826589 | 2023 | 245 pages | PDF | 2 MB
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. 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. He highlights the stories of journalists who question “objectivity” with sensitivity and passion: Desmond Cole of the
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