Nov 7th, 2008 · If you turned on the television during Barack Obama's election night win, you could see a cascade of reporters sniffing, snuffling, and wiping away tears. Did these displays of emotion break down the objectivity of journalism? Farai Chideya discusses this topic with Kelly McBride.
Keywords: Journal · media · television · emotional · Farai Chideya · Barack Obama · cascade · Kelly McBride · Objectivity · snuffling
Aug 9th, 2007 · Reporters have a special perspective on a universal problem: how to cover a story when you have a stake in it. Journalists who cover politics are voters; those who cover America's wars are Americans. A new oral history reveals black journalists are no different when it becomes to such tensions.
Keywords: politics · Americans · voters · history · America · universities · oral · Advocacy · Struggle · Objectivity